In the age of exploration merchants seek exotic resources and treasures from strange islands. Little do they know that they are the second human race. Reborn from seed lifeboats buried to outlast the two thousand year long apocalypse which destroyed all life on Earth. They are free to develop new better civilisations guided by an ancient wanderer but the peace is disrupted by the return of a criminal group of survivors from the old world. Physically immortal and technologically advanced, these survivors are jealously determined to end their exile and reclaim dominance of the world.