An enigmatic man, grim, dressed in gray clothing with a buried metal mesh to protect against the lash of a claw, the rip of thorns, or the thrust of edged weapons. A man with lightning reflexes and carrying a knife he knows how to use. A man prepared to kill unhesitatingly to defend himself and to achieve his goal-to return to Earth. Earth! The planet of his birth, from which he had been forced to flee when little more than a child. A world so ancient that it has passed into legend, its very existence denied, derided, expunged from all stellar almanacs. But how can a man find a myth?