It was detected over the Caspian Sea-an unidentified flying object shot down by Russian MIG fighters. A single strange pod survived intacthellip;.Impenetrable by x-rays, CAT scans, MRIs and ultrasound, the pod has attracted the scientific attention of Team Proteus, a U.S.-Russian joint project dedicated to a radical new technology: miniaturization. Reducing an entire ship and crew of scientists, doctors, and technicians smaller than a human cell, Team Proteus must penetrate the surface of the pod-launching the most startling voyage of exploration in human historyhellip;.Inside the body of an alien.