Two brothers return to an Earth their ancestors left 40 million years earlier. They are Nafai and Elemak of the planet Harmony, and they are seeking help for their ruling computer which is breaking down. The brothers arrive to find Earth inhabited by winged angels. By the author of The Ships of Earth.

High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches. Its task, programmed so many millennia ago, is to guard the human settlement on this planet, to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats. By control of the data banks, and subtle interference in the very thoughts of the people, the artificial intelligence has fulfilled its mission. Having lost access to some of its memory banks, and some of its power systems are failing. And on the...

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