Earth had reached what many believed to be its Armageddon, and its people lived in wait for the day its death would finally come. The world became divided, and a new governmental Cold War came to exist. Superpower countries and alliances of nations worked separately to devise a means by which man could still live and thrive on the now-changed world. In secret, a plan was developed. A new novel from the PKD Award-winning author of Carlucci's Heart and Carlucci's Edge .
Earth is a memory.
No one remembers where they came from, or where they're going. For hundreds of years, the starship Argonos , home to generations of humans, has wandered throughout the galaxy, searching for other signs of life. Now, a steady, unidentified transmission lures them toward a nearby planet. The colony that once existed there has now vanished. Once more, a signal lures the crew of the Argonos .