A distress call from a teenaged girl marooned on Drake's World triggers events on Earth that threaten all mankind. The Sol Alliance, hostile to the telekinetic Arcœnum since first contact decades ago, now faces a new alient threat ... but a fractured humanity must, once again, relearn the lessons of history if it's to survive.
Power, politics, and intergalactic war... Admiral Stone just wanted to retire. But itchy trigger fingers and a new alien threat just won't let him.
Powers! Politics! Pirates! Ben Stone just wanted to get rich… But the universe had other plans. War is coming. And no one is prepared for the cost … to themselves, or to mankind.
Our heroes are on the run. Alice Keller just wanted to belong… But manipulated by the Skane to divide and conquer their prey, she must now face her darkest fears.