After her parents were killed and her bother kidnapped, Rèya goes to sector Giliad on the Planet Syntheria to live with her uncle - the dying wish of her father. She enjoys the quiet life for a while, reading and learning of the kaz. But she soon learn of a story called Dume. At first she is sure it is fiction, until something happens to prove otherwise. A few years after her parents murder, the homestead is attached, Rèya's uncle is killed and she is taken as prisoner. Rèya strives to help the helpers of her family while search for her brother while uncover the secrets of Dume. Was the Planet Quen always uninhabitable? Was it all just a big cover up to hide something even bigger? And the biggest question of all: who is her uncle, really?