On the mining moon Phoebos, 15 year old Vers Leitstell is living a realtively normal life...until a bomb kills his mother and new stepfather on the day of their wedding - a bomb meant for Vers. In the wake of the bombing, Vers learns from a grandfather he thought long-dead that he's a descendant of the founding father of the Terran System of planets, colonies of the failed home planet Earth. Not only will he soon receive The Gift - extra-human abilities passed down from generation to generation, but it is his destiny to overthrow the despotic theocracy that now rules the System. But first her must confront and defeat Rogen Antavar, the High Priest of the Ruling Council, the most powerful man in the System.