It begins like any other day for an archaeological team out in the arid region of the Afar Valley, Ethiopia. But a routine search for ancient human remains causes the team to stumble upon the remains of an advanced human life-form, the likes of which the world has never before seen. As word of the find spreads it seems that here are more than just anthropologists and reporters after the alien remains. The team's archaeologists soon find themselves in the middle of a war that has been waging in the shadows for centuries... As each faction vies for power, few realize the true extent of the war that is looming over the horizon...