The rule of the Directorate—run by powerful genetically altered humans permanently linked with the GI-net—is being challenged by planetary rebellions. At this crucial time, a planet known only as World is discovered, where descendants of humans stranded long ago have survived to become a race of warriors led by Prophets with the ability to see the pathways of the future. And one misstep in the first contact between World’s warriors of Spider and the Directorate could destroy both World and empire...