Jaime accompanies Doctor Michael Marchetti as he makes a trip by airplane. Stopping off for refuelling at the island base of government scientist Doctor Boylin, they find the complex deserted. When the crew of the airplane then disappears, Jaime and Marchetti find themselves alone on the base – except for a ‘living’ meteorite that Doctor Boylin extracted from the permafrost; a meteorite with the strange ability to take over a person’s will…