Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city and a colossal statue of a wingest Amarantin For scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth Even if the truth costs him everything..