Publisher's Synopsis
- The sequel to Sunset of the Gods and Blood of Heroes!
- Special operations officer Jason Thaonu of the Temporal Regulatory Authoritymust once again plunge into Old Earth's blood-drenched past to combat theplots of the Transhumanist underground to subvert that past and create a secrethistory leading up to the fulfillment of their mad dream of transforminghumanity into a race of gods and monsters. Jason and his companions travel tothe seventeenth century and encounter the real pirates of the Caribbean -including a beautiful she-pirate who turns out to be a Transhumanist renegade.To Jason's horror, he also learns that the Teloi aliens who were the grimreality behind the pagan pantheons of antiquity - aliens Jason believedhe'd successfully destroyed - are still active, and aiding theTranshumanists in founding an unspeakable cult. What's more, these are adifferent - and far more dangerous - breed of Teloi than before.Jason must somehow thwart the plans of the sinister allies while at the sametime preventing reality itself from falling into chaos. In the end, he findshimself venturing into space with a totally unexpected ally: HenryMorgan.
