About the book: 2003 / Before you is the saga of the Rise. A saga about the struggle of earthlings for their own place in the diverse Community of Five Galaxies. A saga that began when the Earth starship Swift discovered the Abandoned Fleet of the Progenitors, long forgotten and wandering in space. A saga that continues with the new story of the starship Swift, which found shelter on a forbidden planet on which there are no - and should not be - intelligent creatures.