In the distant future, man has found the keys that unlock the mysteries of evolution...or so he thinks. Success upon success leads the Council on the scientific spaceport of Yed to conclude that their research has unraveled what is perhaps the greatest mystery of the universe...the very roots of humankind Yet, amidst the reverie and jubilation that surround what has become the galactic story of the millenium, strange and inexplicable events begin to occur. Then, even as some of the brightest minds of the universe begin to unravel one mystery, others secretly pursue a far more sinister goal