Jason Hunter and the Talisman of Elam

When twelve-year-old Jason Hunter and his two friends discover a spaceship in the woods behind his home, his world is turned upside down. Suddenly, he and his two friends are forced to flee for their lives. Learning to pilot the ship by fits and starts, they embark on a desperate mission to rescue Jason's abducted parents and prevent an alien invasion.

The journey takes them halfway across the galaxy, where Jason must confront bizarre and deadly creatures, escape from a toxic region of space...