In a world of awesome technology, the deadly substance called collapsium has given humans all the powers and caprices - including immortality - of the gods they once worshiped.

Composed of miniature black holes, collapsium allows the instantaneous transmission of information and matter - as well as humans - throughout the solar system. But while its reclusive inventor, Bruno de Towaji, next dreams of probing the farthest reaches of spacetime, Marlon Sykes, his ambitious rival in science - and in love - has built an awesome telecommunications network by constructing a ring of collapsium around the sun.

It appears Sykes may be the victor - until a ruthless saboteur attacks the ring and sends it falling toward the sun. Now the two scientists must put aside personal animosity to prevent the destruction of the solar system--and every living thing within it.