Humans are great, right? We’re smart. We’re adventurous. We’re creative. We deserve a bright future. If our future is in the stars and we encounter alien life, we’ll be sure to treat it with respect, unlike mankind’s colonial past. If it’s intelligent and peaceful, we’re bound to get along. But if they’re a threat, they’d better watch out. Right? But what if it turns out that we haven’t got a clue about the realities of the universe? What if we appeared less developed than Neanderthals to other civilizations. Would these folks bother to take any interest in us? ...but what if they did, and we got a mighty reality check? How would we react to such an epiphany? What would it do to our institutions and cultures? Get this second volume of the Future Trilogy to find out.