Jason Hunter and his friends are fugitives. Half the humanoid races in the galaxy are trying to capture him. The other half are trying to kill him. Everyone believes that when he joins the Hand of Osiris to the other nine talismans that form the powerful Hiarchalia, the mysterious Hathor, the long-extinct ancestor of all human races, will return. But what if everyone is wrong? With only the cryptic words of a disembodied old man to guide him, Jason must stay one step ahead of his pursuers as he searches for the fabled Treasure of Hathor and the answer to the question: What will really happen when all the talismans are joined again, for the first time in 800,000 years? The answer will determine the future of human civilization -- or even if there is to be a future.