The Starchild Compact

Jon Stock takes his exploration team to Saturn's moon, Iapetus – which may be an artifact. While underway they deal with a Jihadist stowaway. While on Iapetus, they meet the Founders, descendants of the original builders of Iapetus. What they learn impacts the entire Solar System with momentous implications going backward and forward in time. This paves the way for a joint push by the explorers and Founders together into the distant reaches of the Galaxy.