Concordia's mission reflects the best of the human race. Crew and scientists from both of Earth's rival factions journey for years at relativistic speeds to reach Bravo Charlie, a life-bearing planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B, to expand the frontiers of knowledge for all.

Concordia's mission also reflects humanity at its worst. Corrupt bureaucrats and ambitious political leaders in both factions maintain a status quo backed by weapons of mass destruction. The faction commanders on the mission each seek to seize advantages for their side alone.

Then the ship receives transmissions. Signs of an ancient alien presence buried on the planet.

Sent to explore, Jaeger and McIlroy, born and raised in a Texas divided by razor wire and minefields. Men torn between the mission's ideals and orders from their faction commanders.

When they decode the message left by aliens dead over a million years, the future of the human race will change forever.