Kevin wakes up on a spaceship several light years from home, he was asleep for almost 3 centuries. At first he doesn't remember what brought him so far but it slowly comes back to him. He is not on an adventure trip, neither is he part of a scientific exploration. He is among a few thousand human survivors who have left Earth to ensure their continued survival. Everyone on the spaceship is a stranger to Kevin. As he learns more and more about them, he starts fearing what they fear the most. Is the human civilization going to perish as the result of a failed space voyage? Was leaving Earth a bad move? Kevin starts digging around for more facts and answers but what he finds out amazes him beyond his wildest fantasies. He finds himself right in the middle of a million year old story, encompassing among other mysteries, the birth of the human species itself.