Earth has been destroyed, torn apart by the malignant powers of the astral plane. Still, humanity persists on worlds throughout the cosmos. Chief among them is Neuarden, where humans have advanced and surpassed the heights of their ancestors. Ruled by the religious greed of the Interfaith Ecclesiarchy, it is a utopian dream of vice and excess, where flesh can be molded into any shape one desires. Yet, the dream may soon become a nightmare. Alien creatures rally to retake their native home, and forgotten horrors stir in nameless ruins. A dark god seeks to bring the system to its knees, and an ancient secret lies waiting beneath Neuarden's pristine surface. There are no heroes in this corrupt corner of space, only a few beings who will decide the fate of billions. An alien lost in time, charged with reuniting his people and reclaiming their wondrous creations. A companion mechanoid, ill-prepared for the cosmic burden soon to fall upon her artificial shoulders. A wealthy hacker, doomed to unleash death upon her home. A soldier, soon to be a peacemaker as a new enemy scours the system of life. A cargo-runner moving valuable secrets across the dark expanse of space, and finally a damned professor, who may reveal a secret so terrible that billions lose their lives. Regardless of their actions, the humans and their precursors around the Pioneer's star are set to witness the beginning of a new age