In the year 2325, humans have colonized numerous planets, moons, and station-cities across the System. As tension builds between two prevailing governments, a Saturnian moon-dwelling linguist suddenly finds himself faced with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work on a job of historical proportions. An archaeological dig funded by a wealthy sponsor from Earth uncovers more than the researchers are ready to discover though, and things get out of hand fast when a dinosaur wrangler from Mars and a tech-savvy club hostess from Venus get caught up in the mix.