Archaeologist Richard Pinn returns to the ruins of an alien city to find out why its vanished race had abandoned him and his female Me'Aukin counterpart. For three hundred years, he and Jamie Brinwall had been little more than artifacts themselves. Humans found them as embryos kept barely alive in cryogenic tanks, but for what reason? Neither Rick, nor his corporate sponsors who intend on re-colonizing the world, are prepared for the truth that has waited for him with an undying vengeance.
A spin off from the Dancer series that goes in depth into the Me'Aukin race that was introduced in Rogue Dancer. It follows the lives of Rick and Jamie before being frozen, yet again, on their home planet of Me'Auk, going into detail about the why's and the what's. Great read with all the helpful background info to roundly finish off and understand the world created in the mind of TM Tolan.