In this final book of the Children of Hathor trilogy, Jason and his friends are fugitives. Half the humanoid races in the galaxy will do anything to capture him. The other half will do anything to kill him. Everyone believes that when he places the Hand of Osiris in the Hiarchalia, the mysterious Hathor, the ancestor of all humanoid races, will return. But what if everyone is wrong? With only the cryptic words of a disembodied Ardemesius to guide them, Jason and his friends must stay one step ahead of their pursuers as he searches for the answer to this question: What will really happen when the Talics are all joined again, for the first time in over 800,000 years? The answer could determine the future of human civilization—or even if there is to be a future.