An astounding revelation unfolds. Humanity is plunged into solar warfare, far before the battles of antiquity, and a plan of such diabolical evil is gradually exposed. Talmido, Rubati, Rimsin, Anu-Malik, Urhammanu, and Belesis embark on a journey to the Hindu Kush to discover what has happened to Master Chosmasbelus. They enter a land of soaring mountain peaks, unique animal species, synthetic creatures and mythical gods of the distant antiquity. A revelation of supreme importance is shared with them that threatens to destroy perceptions and beliefs leaving them devoid of any understanding of their world. It is a time of disclosure. Ke-zith-rist is presented with an unenviable task no being would desire. Billions of lives hang in the balance. The fate of determinism, choice, and free will sit on a knife's edge of decision. Warfare is inevitable. The watchers have announced it is time for battle. Massive interstellar fleets drop out of hyperspace into Earth's solar system just outside the Asteroid Belt in preparation for war. The Martian humans have organized themselves into a massive defensive perimeter around Earth and Mars calling themselves the Solar Warden. Axhereim is put through a torturous procedure of indoctrination by Mardu-poe. He has sworn in his heart to revenge the torture he endured as he continues to serve Mardu-poe and his psychotic cohorts of the Anunnaki and the Trilateral Perigee.