Publisher's Synopsis
Humanity is on the brink of extinction from a genetic plague when an ancient colonizing ship-the Hyperborea-drifts back into the solar system from a failed mission, begun in an all-but-forgotten era. The gene pool of its occupants may hold the key to the survival of the human race. Gorman Howell is an unassuming scientist from Earth who must tread uncomfortably close to the boundary between science and religion as he tries to bridge the differences between the archaic religion of the Hyperboreans and the technological atheism of Earth.
