Jo and Ann are Eggheads, explorers specially equipped with an RNA drip that will enable them to decode the mysterious glyphs left in the ruins of an ancient civilization. But alien explorers seek the same information, and when Ann's RNA drip begins to break down, it becomes a deadly race to solve the riddle of the glyphs before she loses her mind—permanently.

Frozen in stasis for one thousand years, Edna has no memory of who she was or where she came from. Her past has been erased as punishment for a long-forgotten crime. Now reborn—and reprogrammed—she has been chosen to infiltrate the vast communications monopoly of the Godheads' Net and to use its secrets to empower Earth. But as Edna embarks for the enigmatic GodWorld, a greater mystery unfolds. Her allies become her deadliest enemies, her memories begin to surface, and the true nature of her mission becomes as inescapable as the Web itself. For the secret locked away in Edna's mind can change the future—and if the Godheads find it first, the universe will never be the same...