Earth is dying due to an alien object placed in orbit about the Sun. Earth receives a message from the far reaches of deep space informing the Earth space program that it is not allowed to travel any deeper into space than the outer planets. Due to some very extraordinary qualities concerning the strange message, the Earth Council is forced to search all of Earth's history, both past, present, and future to find a singular young boy for which a special Project will be formed which will place him in training for a trip to the very Center of our Galaxy.