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It is the year 2219 and humanity has spread out across the solar system, colonizing Mars, Jupiter’s moon Europa, and placing its first footholds on the moons of Saturn. Levy, the capital city of Mars located on the floor of Valles Marineris, hasMoreIt is the year 2219 and humanity has spread out across the solar system, colonizing Mars, Jupiter’s moon Europa, and placing its first footholds on the moons of Saturn. Levy, the capital city of Mars located on the floor of Valles Marineris, has risen to economic dominance, due almost entirely to Metis, the revolutionary science city built at the foot of the ancient volcano Arsia Mons. Technologies are emerging from Metis that are reshaping the human race. Nanobots that mimic the body’s cells have already cured disease. The neurocyte, an experimental nanobot that transmits thoughts to a computer, is being developed in secret – that is, until an experiment goes wrong and its inventor has no choice but to reveal his work to those suddenly standing in harm’s way.And one of ‘The Favored,’ the sons and daughters of the rulers of Mars, discovers that a gene therapy meant to make people smarter gives her and her friends unexpected abilities – abilities she intends to use to save humanity from itself.Then, from nothing, a wormhole appears beyond the orbit of Saturn and shifts humanity’s attention to a world far from their own.The initial images brought back from the probes revealed a solar system devoid of life. A closer look at the fourth planet, however, showed that the terrain was not as barren as it appeared, that the rock outcroppings were really the buried remains of an ancient alien city. The teams of archaeologists that traveled through the wormhole would bring back knowledge of Gaia, as the planet would be called, and the Gaians who had inexplicably abandoned it fifteen thousand years ago.What they would learn about the Gaians would forever change how humanity viewed their universe.What they learned about humanity would forever change how they viewed themselves. Connection by Peter Murray
