Something has fallen from the sky. Could it be the sky dwellers, as the Old Religion foretold? If so, bloodletting is at hand: the Veen, the New Religion, will destroy anyone and anything that threatens their hold on the Capitol. Something has fallen from the sky. Could it be sentients from another world? The Knowledge Brokers have recovered technology lost in the holocaust and used it to send signals, but it could be a Veen trap. Something has fallen from the sky. Does it matter what it is? The local Veen prelate wants it and everyone whoís seen it destroyed—except that Knowledge Broker Thiele and her beautiful, beautiful feet. Their ship has fallen from the sky. Was it sabotage? The lone survivor faces an alien world, combating religions, rival philosophies, telepathy between twins, a lost alien race, AND an impossible connection with a soldier terribly, horribly orphaned by being a single.