Captain Avery is looking forward to his retirement from the space lanes of the Milky Way Galaxy, when a chance meeting with on old friends sends his life spinning off in a new direction. A fast paced adventure story set in the distant but technologically advanced past sees the Solar System and the galaxy in a new and interesting perspective, with rival factions vying for control and influence, when in reality The Council of Intelligence is controlling everyone in the background.
This is a time when man existed, but not on Earth, where dinosaurs still ruled. Spies for The Council are everywhere, mankind feels threatened by the existence of robots and of course pirate. The Council want to get rid of these pests to development and trade, but could their abilities be put to better use for the Council's ends? Threats from the Empire have always bothered them, and their seems no other option than to employ pirates in the job of keeping their ambitions at bay. And then, there is the small issue of what to do with Project Earth, how can that planet be set up so it benefits the whole Universe?