After a divorce and a career change, Alex Clark is finding some normalcy in his life when he meets a strange man who weaves a story of aliens "seeding" the human population of Earth. He draws Alex into a competition that could determine the survival of those humans.

Apollo of Helios and his twin brother, Ares -- wealthy noblemen on the distant planet of Uor -- have inherited the Earth from their father. The "Garden of Eden" -- the name they gave the planet thousands of years ago -- is tended by quantum androids that look like humans, but have incredible...