Ruby is hired to find a little girl who has disappeared into Siddhi Infini, an ancient oasis city in the Great Summa Nulla desert. The girl is a Fritzoid, she can stop her growth and appear to be a child, though she may be decades older.
When Ruby gathers her group together – And/Or, Rodant Kapoor, and T.J. Teru – she discovers T.J. has retired, he has sold his excavation business to Seymour Sneel, a fellow archaeologist who was tossed out of Siddhi Infini for wanting to activate the Wonder Game.
The Wonder Game is an ancient Nullian game that no one knows to how to play … and those who try, may find the game is playing them.