Beginning on modern-day Earth, the story combines real history with future technology to create a vast cosmic panorama. An archaeological expedition deep in the Sahara Desert leads the protagonist to accidentally uncover the ultimate secret of humanity's origins: Earth is merely an experiment site for an alien civilization known as the Star Devourers. As astonishing clues emerge from the ruins, human civilization faces an existential crisis. Images of a countdown foretell Earth's fate: it is about to be "judged."
