A cataclysmic event destroys the planet Earth. Many die. Few escape. And yet, after roaming the galaxy for fifty years, Neill Landis returns to a planet that shouldn't exist.It is the Earth of his past, but also not. And it is not the Earth of his future. Five people out of billions recall the destruction of Earth. And a mysterious alien race is trying to uncover the mystery before the humans do. Their very existence depends on it - but at the cost of the entire human race.