This science fiction novel is about Berenice, a middle-class college junior, who needs a summer job to earn money for her fall semester. Berenice goes to the college placement office to meet a perspective employer. Having taken flying lessons in a jet trainer and her skills in art metal sculpture, she is a perfect match for her future employer. Her eccentric would-be employer, Dr. Eigen, describes himself as the Chief Executive Officer for a foreign mining company interested in exploring business opportunities in the US. Berenice's role would be to act as a surrogate business officer for the reclusive CEO. She is reluctant to sign on to this arrangement, but when he shows her some exotic diamonds and gold nuggets and describes the handsome commission she can earn, her doubts vanish.

Eventuallly she has second thoughts about the nature of their project forcing her employer to level with her. Her employer is a desperate human appearing extraterrestrial with a seriously damaged spaceship!

This book would be enjoyed by teens and adults alike. It is filled with vivid discriptions of adventures and humorous passages to keep the reader entertained.