"In the vast emptiness of space, the Galactica at last makes the long-awaited contact--a spaceship of fellow humans from Earth! The Council wants to keep them under observation, but Apollo sets out with the Earthlings on a secret and perilous mission toward their destination, the planet Paradeen, that battleground of space giants where he must confront the old enemy--the Cylons--and the new--the awesome Alliance--and make it back to the Galactica!"--Pg. [4] of cover.