Exciting, yet introspective science fiction epic by former U.S. Marine test pilot Cap Parlier … Ambushed by an unknown force, Society warrior Anod awakes to find herself among humans banished from Earth centuries earlier. Anod is confronted by the haunting question: what is it that defines someone as human?

She learns of her humanness from these descendants of Earth. Anod also learns of her betrayal as she fights to save the people who saved her.

The first book in the Anod series of science fiction novels opens as Society warrior Anod is ambushed by an unknown force while on patrol. She awakens to find herself among humans banished from Earth centuries earlier. The crucible of cultural conflict stimulates Anod to confront the haunting question: what is it that defines someone as human? As she learns of her humanness from these descendants of Earth on the distant planet Beta, Anod also learns of her betrayal as she fights to save the people who saved her. Anod becomes the catalyst and progenitor for what will grow into a new branch in the tree of Homo Sapiens.