A deadly encounter with hostile aliens has left Captain Janeway's crew in a disease-ridden prison camp. To keep up morale as they plot their escape, they share with each other the unlikely paths that brought them to Voyager - and to the Delta Quadrant. One by one they reveal their inner selves: a fair-haired youth who seemed destined either for greatness or disgrace; a half-human, half-Klingon woman to whom no part of the galaxy was home; a traveller and treasure-hunter who found the greatest treaure of all; a naive young man who lost his love in pursuit of his dreams; a Vulcan who formed a surprising bond with a human woman of courage and passion; a child-woman whose limitless curiosity led to a strange new world of marvels and dangers; and the man who is perhaps closes of all to Captain Janeway herself; the man whose unspoken dedication may hold the key to her survival...