In the great exodus from Earth, a timeless faith was lost... Jod Enskeline, master of the driveship Rimjack, was a free trader traveling from one alien planet to another in his restless search of the universe. Then he landed on Peter's Rock, a forgotten planet of humans, ruled by priests who harbored a treasure of books holding all the extinct languages of Earth. The books would bring Jod a fortune, but in return for this uncountable wealth, he must take priest-voyagers on a dangerous mission - to find the Holy Shroud, the last relic of an ancient faith lost somewhere in the universe!