In the far future a scientist tracing human migration uncovers strange anomalies that threaten to rewrite the history of both science and religion.
"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge" - Carl Sagan
Science has remained unchanged for centuries as received wisdom. As a ‘New Scientist’ who rejects that view Peae becomes fascinated that people seem to have always migrated east. He travels the globe seeking records of original geographical discovery. In the eastern capital he falls for fellow scientist Adrena and is introduced to the archive of the powerful Motherene religion. But he finds that even the most famous explorations appear to have been preceded.
Could people have been around for much longer than usually thought? Science has an explanation for the origins of humanity but so do the Motherenes.