Where did the human race originate?That's the burning question for former television news "IT Girl" Temperance "Temps" Breyer, now relegated to shooting a cable television show for underwater archaeologist Scott Harlow. Temps sees a way to break the biggest story in history when Harlow discovers a key to the origins of man.But reviving her news career takes a back seat when powerful forces learn of the discovery and seek to control it. Plus there's a wild card in the deck... one of Harlow's staff wants to sell the story to a competing network.The search for the ultimate answers leads Temps and Scott on a journey of discovery... one that takes them to outer space and puts their lives in danger.And the answers they find about Earth's past may hold the key to its future.