The Earth struggles to recover from the mysterious global attacks years ago. But while it continues to rebuild a number of factions continue their struggle for galactic hegemony. Amidst the chaos, a splinter group devises a plan to buy vital time and stop the war. But theya ll need help... In order to halt the conflict, Monica Bianchi must find new allies and unearth old enemies in a journey that spans the known cosmos, ancient history, and the deepest reaches of the human psyche... But this ancient enemy may have plans of its own"