To escape extermination at the hands of their former colleagues, the Heavy Scouting Team, Kai, Varian, and their companions sought refuge in the suspended animation of cryogenic sleep. Now time has passed - it's hard to say how much, but at least two generations - and the survivors emerge from hibernation.
Ireta, the planet of the dinosaurs, has changed a lot. The Heavy Team has regressed to primitive barbarism. Much-needed life support equipment is out of order or missing. All Ireta is altered.
But help is near...a rescue ship is on the way. However, although hopes are reborn, new problems continue to arise. What are the motives of the mysterious Theks? Why do the intelligent Giffs - pterodactyls locked in an evolutionary dead end - act so strangely? And above all, what could be the cause of the Heavy Team's blind hostility?
For survivors, it's about more than just survival...
