Gunther Sanderson is a young empath from the enlightened Largitas, possessing unique abilities. Mirra Juthani is a tramp with a beggar Chaitra, a star hitchhiker who earns her living from the energy resources of her own body. Who would have guessed that a chance meeting between Gunther and Mirra in the vicinity of the mysterious Sarcophagus would bring two space civilizations to the brink of war, catchers would be knocked down hunting for amazing prey, and the luminaries of science would break their highly organized brains trying to disassemble the miracle by cogs?