An advanced human race has finally ended their civilization. A machine race was created by the scientific community to pick up the pieces. Repopulated after 900 years, the machine would have to live with the men and women of a new world. Optimism leads to a true rebirth. Unfortunately, people are people, and after several generations, the robotic race is found to be hated and easy to discard. Hunted, the bots find a way to get off planet and search for a new life of service. A Dora interstellar trader accepts the challenge to find a situation that will allow life, even robotic life, to survive.