This series plunges into a captivating world where advanced technology collides with primitive cultures. Follow characters as they uncover the secrets of a lost world and fight for survival against unknown threats. It's a tale of discovery, conflict, and human resilience in a setting that is both familiar and alien. Fans of science fiction with a touch of archaeological mystery will find themselves drawn in.
A ringstation anthropologist on her first Earth field assignment, observes a Viking-like village in the mountains. As Car-En secretly observes the Happdal villagers, she begins to see them as more than research subjects. When Esper's sister is taken by an otherwordly sword-wielding white-haired man, she can no longer stand by as a passive witness.
Tem really struggles as the only brown-skinned child in the village. His mother Car-En decides that the family should spend some time on the Stanford ringstation, but Tem gets caught up in the battle against Umana, the tentacle- enhanced 'Squid Woman', while protecting a secret that could change the course of civilization.