Administrative duties on Mars are over—time to reach new heights. Returning home to Earth to see her parents and old acquaintances, Van Baole accepts an invitation to continue participating in the program “A Hundred Sons.” And to do so, he must go not just anywhere, but to the Ancient Sword itself, made of greenish bronze. This artifact of unprecedented size, piercing the Sun through and through and ushering in a new era of spiritual origins, holds countless secrets and unimaginable possibilities. It turns out the Earth Federation has a way to send a small number of selected practitioners there. And, of course, Van Baole simply can’t refuse such an offer…