Prologue
Only one week has passed since destiny had been changed. A young man from Earth had been given the supreme power in the galaxy, and a young woman's family restored as full as it could be.
Problems in government on Earth have caused an emergency Presidential election to start during the Great Race of Oban. This has happened for next to unknown reasons, but William Vanel has had a large following.
A nearly unknown upstart, he's the favorite to win the election and increase foreign policy with alien races, especially after Oban, and especially to either ally against the Crogs, or find a way to ally with them to bring on peace.
His criticisms have been well noted, but the good outweighs the bad.
Now, as a mysterious pod is found floating in neutral space, destiny is about to be made once more.