As the last of the Earth's population struggles to deal with the Artificial Intelligence system's idea of Utopia the planet Rachanar is going through the first stages of developing a new society. They don't want to lose the technology that they had enjoyed on Earth. In their first fifty years the humans on Earth have devolved to a near stone age society. A chance visit by an android, Jane, who was created from the old Americorp AI system works in the humans favor. On Rachanar Maggie Spazcek's family is central to their success and ultimately with the ability to return to Earth to help with their recovery.