“Herenui Tokoragi has always gazed at the stars, but she never expected them to answer her.”
 

When young Tahitian astrophysicist Herenui discovers a strange magnetic anomaly deep in the Pacific, she has no idea that this routine dive with her childhood friend Teiki will change the fate of humanity. At the bottom of the ocean lies an alien ship that seems to have been waiting for them for millennia.
 

This discovery unveils an ancient bond between Polynesian navigators and an advanced interstellar civilization—the Te’reith. Thrust into the command of a groundbreaking space mission, Herenui must face international rivalries to reach Matairea, the Te’reith’s oceanic planet, forty-two light-years from Earth.
 

In the cosmic library of the mysterious “Sowers,” Herenui uncovers a staggering truth: humanity is not alone in its search for consciousness. It is part of a vast galactic project millions of years in the making. Transformed by this revelation, Herenui must persuade a divided world to embrace its stellar heritage and claim its place within a cosmic community that transcends the stars.