Sigurd and Alethea are on the planet ANUN'HA, which was once a living entity. Today, on one of two continents there stands the star ziggurat, the only legacy of a very old star people, the Ancient Race of Krsutner. The second continent is populated by human-like intelligences. They call themselves Akkattarians. When the so-called 'Secret Invaders' appeared from stars over a generation ago, society was in turmoil. King Šamšī-Rohh II, the head of AKKATTA, tries to minimize the economic exploitation by the weaponry-superior aliens. When the star ziggurat suddenly becomes active and attacks the spaceships of the 'secret invaders', things finally escalate. Sigurd is involuntarily drawn into the incipient conflict and at the same time has to defend himself against the tablets of fate still in his shoulder, which have begun to manipulate him. His goal of finding a way back to Earth suddenly seems a long way off.