The long environmental nightmare had ended. Planet Earth had been healed, its beauty and majesty restored, by a race of evolving human descendants known as the Mirsiens. In doing this they had prevailed against the Avarumak, a differnet and evil descendant race. Some Avarumak, however, were still out there ... and waiting.

With their home world renewed, the time had finally come for the Mirsiens to reach for the stars. Taya Xallnyk is one of them and commands the Outrunner vessel Oasis ValiMirum as it travels deep into the constellation of Orion. The vessel is a living, evolving entity...