Over millennia the human species has cemented itself as the dominant life form on planet Earth. As their appetite for inexorable progress grew, the ominous warnings generated by the disregard they'd shown for themselves and their world grew increasingly dire. From across a gulf of space and time beyond understanding another civilization had taken notice and would soon exact a terrible price on humanity. All to to prevent a tragic slide that these observers had seen too often since their own beginning in a time that the stars themselves have forgotten. This story begins with the Schwarzkopf family in a small town in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America as they learn all action comes with a cost and every choice has a consequence. Aided by creatures from beyond as well as those that once called themselves human, Earth's civilization is given a choice, and a last chance. An approximately 280 page book containing elements of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the story explores themes of self-identity, family, and the chaos that erupts when a not so benevolent alien race has grown impatient. Has some mature content including foul language, but nothing graphically sexual or violent.