The end has come. At Earth, a hostile alien armada arrives on humanity's doorstep. At the Dagenith sanctuary world, Shay Andersen and the Mishith prodigy Yugan are facing a monstrous implacable foe. Their struggle to restore and reclaim a lost alien heritage of godlike power has begun, and they must find a way to wield that power -- or witness the loss of everything they love, and the collapse of reality as they know it.