On a distant planet, archeologist Hannibal Carson finds the remains of a high- tech artifact in a primitive tomb. The Velkaryans, a ruthless cult, believe it's the clue to a lost cache of alien weapons. Homeworld Security enlists Carson and his old flame, starship pilot Jacqueline "Jackie" Roberts, to decipher the clue and find the cache before the cult does. With a thriving black market in alien artifacts, Carson is used to dealing with tomb raiders -- but the stakes this time could be interstellar war. Set fifty years after the Alpha Centauri trilogy, this is the first-written book of the ever- expanding T-Space series. This