Book excerpt: Morgan is an Echelon Officer in the Protector Corp, the sole law enforcement agency for all existence. He is summoned to the Earth citystate of Um-ka to investigate the murder of a prominent Scientist. He discovers that the murderer is a genetic superman who calls himself The Warrior. During their first skirmish, Morgan is surprised to find that there is another a genetic superwoman named Snake. Morgan is befriended by Time Walker, a time traveler from Earth's distant future, who takes him into the future to search for the great Scientist Swoosa, who lives on the distant crystal planet Jen. Swoo-sa is the greatest scientist of a race of scientists and he creates a special virus that will weaken the Warrior and Snake. Morgan and Time Walker return to Um-ka and release the virus. The Warrior and Snake are captured. Romulus Dade Rhea, the despotic ruler of Um-ka, arrives and orders Morgan to execute Snake and The Warrior. Morgan refuses. The Warrior confesses that Romulus had the prominent Scientist killed to prevent him from revealing Romulus' plot to scare the outer villages into staying part of the Um-ka union to maintain control of the newly discovered Qwe, the most powerful and valuable energy source in all of existence.