Interstellar civilization depends on the twin blessings of warp travel and subspace communications.
Ships are stranded in space, unable to communicate. Colonies are losing life support. Worse yet, the dead zones are proliferating at a geometric rate. In the wake of the Dominion War, a tenuous peace exists between the Federation and the Romulan Empire. The uneasy alliance is strained to the breaking point, however, by the enigma that is destroying subspace.