Panthos is a very talented initiate in an ultra-black deep space training program that will send him to the very top. Unfortunately for him, he may be so talented that he can’t be properly controlled and contained – but the quantum solution that enhances his abilities is developing some interesting side effects that no one could have predicted.

The choice he must now make is to allow himself to be recycled – losing his abilities along with his ability to think and act for himself – or overthrow the Program’s corrupt administration. In part one of The Program, Panthos makes a decision that could reshape the organization that operates in the shadows of every major power in the known human worlds.