The near future. The discovery of a mysterious artifact on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede allowed a major leap in science and for humankind. The colonization of other planetary systems began. But it turns out there are many other races, and not all of them are happy about the Earthlings. People are drawn into an interstellar war. Will they emerge as victors—or die? Or maybe human civilization is the key to the real, the past, and the future of the galaxy?