The civilization of Terra is slowly but surely dying due to endless wars bringing odious dictators to power, famine and epidemics caused by catastrophic overpopulation. The last hope is a planet discovered in their star system, rotating in the same orbit, constantly being behind the sun. It is to her that the expedition under the command of Adrian Walenrod is sent. But he could hardly have expected that he would find there something that would turn his entire picture of the world upside down and put him before a choice, forcing him to doubt his main life principle: “There is no sin worse than betrayal.”