Earth is ancient history to the Renovamen of Zoar. Following a civil war, they take their first steps beyond the star system that has been their home for a thousand years, and discover another planet capable of sustaining life. They name it Geneva after the old Earth city that once symbolized peace. Despite such hopes, Erikson, the first research vessel the Renovamen send to investigate Geneva up close, is destroyed in orbit.The sole survivor, Fred Cooper, is marooned on t...

Captain James Clayton of the Joint Renovamen Exploratory Fleet has arrived in orbit of the potential colony planet of Geneva. In rescuing Fred Cooper-the sole survivor of the exploratory vessel that first came to study Geneva-he learns that Geneva is already inhabited by humans who have lost all the technological knowledge that allowed them to flee Earth in its final days. Now, Geneva and its inhabitants are caught between the Renovamen and an unknown alien force and Clayton fears that eve...