Cascading circumstances begin to unfold in early November 2012, as civilization struggles against itself and a threat to all the advances of the modern age.

Humanity may survive,
but at what cost?

Archaeology becomes blended with Astronomy as the world's militaries gear to settle disputes. Military forces collide and an unforeseen threat from space is discovered.

Or is it rediscovered?

The plot spans the globe as the clock ticks: the small village of Goseck in Germany; the steamy Peten Rain Forest of Guatemala; the laboratories of the NASA Ames Facility in California; historic northern Israel; the dust and grit of Afghanistan; and the frantic offices of Washington, DC.

Will the new technologies of the information age and the revolution in military hardware allow mankind to avoid Armageddon or is the planet's fate written in the stars?