"The Jenson Gate had opened the way to instantaneous transportation all around the Earth and had paved the way for Norton's interstellar Gate. Floating in space, the partially completed Norton Gate would one day transport man to other star systems and bring sample segments of distant planets to our own solar system. First, though, the Gate had to be finished. But Norton had died before the Gate was perfected, and so Merryweather Enterprises hired Robert Collins as the new Project Engineer. And Robert's new job catapulted him into the middle of a titanic duel between two super-corporations--an all-out battle for control of the Gate that could end in the destruction of the whole human race...!"--Back cover.