<p>Never has there been more at stake for the people on Earth.</p><p>The referendum question is simple: does Earth join gamra the organisation that governs the Exchange the FTL space travel network?</p><p>While a &ldquo;yes&rdquo; vote would mean big changes a &ldquo;no&rdquo; vote would leave Earth isolated and alone to face those waiting to fill the void and those dark forces are already on the prowl.</p><p>Cory is one of the few people who can see the big picture not just those campaigning for the &ldquo;no&rdquo; vote but the off-Earth forces that wait behind them but he and his team went on a holiday to New Zealand and communication has been mysteriously cut off.</p><p>Someone is taking control of communication channels bringing the &quot;yes&quot; campaign to its knees and by the time Cory is aware that the race is on the only avenue open to him is a hard-hitting negative campaign that requires him to go into the lion&rsquo;s den: the homelands of the obscenely rich members of the Pretoria Cartel where gun-crazy hunters lions and elephants are just the start of his problems.</p>