When out-of-shape IT specialist Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he normally assumed he was losing it. He wasn’t. He now has a passenger in his human brain – an ancient alien life-form known as Tao, whose race crash-landed on the planet before the 1st fish crawled out of the oceans. Today split into two opposing factions – the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, as well as the savage, effective Genjix – the aliens have been around in circumstances of civil battle for centuries. Both sides are searching for a means off-planet, and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race, if that’s what must be done. Meanwhile, Roen is normally having to teach to be the best top secret agent. Like that’s going to end up well…