On the small and forgotten planet of Naan, Doctor Afgena Tarki waits. After more than 250 years his epic mission is finally nearing its end. Soon the chosen will arrive, and with him will come the cure for the plague that is ravaging the galaxy. The Doctor, still just barely human, has sacrificed everything to be there to greet him.Far away, on the other side of the galaxy, three brothers share a cell. They stand accused of a crime more horrible than murder, and for which the only sentence is death. Unbeknownst to their jailers, the youngest of the three holds the key that will not only grant them their freedom, but also thrust them into a strange web of intrigue, politics, and ancient prophecies. It will also pull them to the primitive planet where the Doctor waits.Now the Doctor must choose, and the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance