Levanoch has been set free.

Stranded almost a billion lightyears from Earth, the crew of the Deity search for him desperately, knowing that every instant he is free the entire Human race is in danger.

But Levanoch is more cunning and devious than they know. Fervent to return to the Milky Way so that he can claim the vengeance he's desired for ten thousand years, Levanoch dares to venture into the Great Void to seek the aid of one of the eldest and most powerful beings still in existence.

The Deity's search for Levanoch leads them instead to Amarantos, who has become stranded on a primeval world and threatens cataclysm unless the Deity yields to his demands.

As the Deity's crew race to save an alien world, their engineered altruism may ensure the destruction of their own.