Hegira is the name of a starship that is found dead in space by a species known as the Skre who take a DNA sample from it's storage and reanimate it. This clone's name is Karm who must travel back through time to a point in his homeworlds past in order to prepare for what he knows is to come now along the way he employs a genetic scientist named Dr. Rocker who only Karm knows the truth about and whom is responsible for his reanimation thanks to the tech found of the Hegira. Along the way Karm has to deal with backstabbing monarchs and crazy religious fanatics in order to save his species from the dying world that they are on. Everything goes as planned for Karm and the twist ending will leave you wanting more, I sure do and will be reading the next book in this series soon. I highly recommend that you pickup a copy of this opening tale in this series you won't be disapponted