Against all odds, on an unchartered world, the souls of First Colony have been restored to life and a centuries old wrong has been set right.
On the planet’s surface, a young woman struggles to reclaim her mind from the strange aftereffects of the cancellation wave. High above, the struggling colony’s last hope of going home slowly falls from orbit, and two men face death to prevent it.
As the human colonists and their Esool captain struggle for survival, a new species emerges that can be the colony's savior—or its most dangerous enemy.