Across a Billion Years

Graduate student Tom Rice is thrilled to embark on his first deep-space archeological expedition. He is part of a team from Earth, venturing out in search of artifacts from a civilization that ruled the universe many millennia ago. Called the High Ones, the members of this long-gone society left tantalizing clues about their history and culture scattered throughout space. One such clue, a €œmessage cube€ containing footage of the ancient ones, is more interesting than all of the others combined. It seems to indicate that the High Ones aren€t extinct after all€"and just like that, Tom Rice€s archeological mission has become an intergalactic manhunt, one filled with ever-increasing danger that will send the explorers hurtling headlong into the greatest adventure€"and peril€"of their lives.