THE EVENT GROUP WILL GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTHThe United States is ready to make a triumphant return to the moon, striking out boldly into the solar system in an attempt to regain the confidence of the heady days of the Apollo program. But a shocking discovery at Shackleton Crater brings the first Prometheus mission to an abrupt halt.TO SOLVE A MYSTERY THAT DATES BACK TO THE DAWN OF TIMERemote robots have uncovered human skeletal remains--and forensic analysis at NASA reveals the corpse to be over 700 million years old. As the news of this discovery is leaked across the universe--and a battle rages over the truth of our heritage--the Event Group is tasked to unravel the mystery behind this ancient visitor. Colonel Jack Collins once again leads a team of the world's greatest scientists and philosophers on a journey that will take the Event Group into the realm of space and confront one of humanity's most pressing questions: Could something--or someone--else be coming to finish a war that began almost a billion years ago?"the event group continues the tradition of mixing history with page-turning suspense." --Booklist