But now the overlords have been driven away. On Earth, factions struggle for power, and to restore mankind's fortunes.

Hama Druz - young, idealistic - is assigned by the ruling Coalition to investigate the affairs of the surviving 'pharaohs'. These ancients have been kept alive by a longevity technology banned by the occupation authorities, but granted to the pharaohs in return for their collaboration. In the crowded, angry squalor of an alien-built city, Hama is confronted by a pharaoh - Gemo Cana - who presents him with moral complexities Hama never imagined.

Soon Hama's mission takes him far from Earth. On Jupiter's frozen moon Callisto, another immortal has been labouring for centuries over a secretive scientific project which might provide mankind with great opportunities... or unimaginable dangers.

Hama finds himself at a pivot of history, as mankind confronts the complexity of its past and the challenge of a dangerous future.

Published in the anthology Futures.