Synopsis: Emerald Marcillon's parents are murdered near Puerto Chicxulub, the meteorite impact crater that killed the dinosaurs. Inamma–an alien artificial intelligence chip, integrated into a NASA LEMUR IIa robot wants the strange artifacts left over from aninvasion force sent to destroy intelligent beings who ruled from Venus sixty-five million years ago. Emerald escapes. Her great-aunt orders her brought into orbit to join the crew of SOLAR EXPLORER a spacecraft built into an asteroid that will explore every planet in the Solar System during a twelve-year voyage. Inamma follows. Emerald's new friendsare drawn into a race against Inamma's plan to steal and open the cases and use them to complete its mission: annihilate Humanity.