When an astronaut returns mysteriously after eighteen years lost deep in outer space, something is not quite right. Not even the greatest genius of the time can figure out what humankind is dealing with. But one thing is clear: the astronaut did not return alone. He brought with him a deadly force that does not belong; a deadly force that does not conform; a deadly force that, left to its own devices, will change the face of the Earth as Man knows it. The Nemesis grows stronger. Nature grows weaker. And into this crisis, Her Apostle is thrown. Will the world survive?