Nine hundred thousand years ago, the Amarantin civilization vanished at the very moment it reached for the stars.
Now, scientist Dan Sylveste is determined to uncover why. Obsessed and reckless, he will risk everything to solve the riddle, even if it means forging an uneasy alliance with the lethal cyborg crew of the Nostalgia for Infinity. Together they set out across the stars, searching for answers that may be better left buried.
But as Sylveste closes in on the truth, someone is hunting him. The closer he comes to unlocking the mystery, the closer he comes to triggering the same cataclysm.
Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason. And if that reason resurfaces, the universe may not survive.
