During a consciousness synchronization, Chen Mo, a scavenger from Zone Seven, glimpses the truth behind the geothermal power plant explosion: it wasn't an accident, but a seed of civilization planted by the “Watchers” of the old era. When the Federation's law enforcement squad's laser fire pierces the scavenger camp, he flees clutching half a sheet of gold-embossed parchment. He doesn't know that this fragment, inscribed with the coordinates of the moon, is pushing him toward humanity's ultimate choice: whether to survive.
The mysterious young woman from the Spark Society, the old guardian of the gene bank, the three-eyed information broker from the black market... More and more people are drawn into this struggle spanning the wasteland and the stars. Chen Mo gradually discovers that the so-called “Purification Plan” is merely a cover for the ambitions of powerful schemers, while the stellar core buried deep in the planet's core has long been waiting for a vessel capable of bearing the memory of civilization.
From the radioactive dust storms of Zone Seven to the maze of consciousness at the lunar base; from the ethical controversies surrounding genetic seeding to an interstellar alliance of diverse civilizations: as the red light of the helium flash countdown illuminates the stars, what form should humanity take to kindle a new flame in a broken universe?
This is an epic about memory, choice, and the essence of civilization. As fragments of the old world reassemble in your consciousness, you'll discover that the true spark has never been inside the stellar core, but in the soul of everyone who dares to look up at the stars.
