On the outskirts of one of humanity's last remaining cities, lies a dig-site unlike any other. It's wrapped with words like Xenobiology, but underneath the thin veil of conjecture, no one really knows. Something waits there. Something very old. Something very different from the humans who intrude. And people are willing to kill for it. Follow Clay Thomson as he uncovers the truth buried beneath the ruins of an ancient alien civilization. Betrayed by friends and aided by enemies, he embarks on a journey of ultimate discovery. Along the way he meets a host of interesting people, confronts his past, and even finds romance. Now if he just would have remembered to leave his pet peeko at home. . .