Publisher's Synopsis
AD 2499. Earth has become the administrative center of an ever-expanding star empire. Powerful corporations have joined together into a council that governs the worlds colonized by humans. Any resistance against the dominance of Terra is immediately suppressed by the omnipotent police forces of the Gray Guards. However, the power of the corporations is precarious as long as they rely on the services of a small group of individuals-the Drivers. Only the PSI powers of these individuals are capable of propelling spaceships through the light barrier and bridging the chasms between solar systems. But to safely pilot a spacecraft, the Drivers must have a mistletoe bloom from the mysterious primordial tree Yggdrasil on board. Discovered in the 22nd century under the thawing ice of Greenland, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, has been under the monopoly of the terGorden family for centuries. They are bound to reveal the secret of the mistletoe by the end of the year 2499. Max von Valdec, the powerful chairman of the council, is determined to break the mistletoe monopoly at all costs. His focus turns to David, the young heir of the terGordens...
