The rise of Alec Helena's most ambitious dream creates an existential shift tainted by an imperfect god. The first generation of life beyond humanity will be riddled with inherit contradictions. Every new life will have its own challenges and strive to find meaning. When androids become the next unwelcome native immigrants, they will be faced with humanity's foreign and domestic failures. Can the oppressed forgive their oppressors, or are the scars of such trespasses too deeply ingrained?