An alien colonization has altered the destiny of the human race forever. After wiping out billions of people, the race known as the Moirai created a new, transgenic species of humans called the Selected - giving them both the gift and burden of longevity and memories of human history on another world. The aliens charged the Selected with the responsibility of caring for "the spared ones," unaltered humans who survived the global catastrophe. That includes Dan Amenta's daughter Hope, the only spared one who remains. Together, Dan and Hope have witnessed Earth transform into a different world, where a powerful new neurological drug sparks the rapid evolution of the Selected. Hope is nearing death. Once she's gone, obligations die with her, and the path is clear for a chain of events destined to rip apart the foundations of the galaxy. War is inevitable as the human race sets out to finally deliver retribution."