Pursued by a great evil, the children of the king are on the run. Along the way, they find pain, fear, longing, and loss; they discover surprising truths about themselves; and the youngest of the royal children learns a great secret about her own fantastic power She has the power to destroy the world!

Pursued by a great evil, the children of the king are on the run. Along the way, they find pain, fear, longing, and loss; they discover surprising truths about themselves; and the youngest of the royal children learns a great secret about her own fantastic power She has the power to destroy the world!

Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.