The Sol System has been shrouded in mystery ever since it was "discovered" by an unknown traveler over one hundred thousand years ago. Most sensible people in the galaxy say it never even existed! Glarp is not one of them. The Willosaur scientist hears about a madman that claimed to have been given coordinates to the lost system by Spode himself! Glarp seizes the opportunity to find Sol, hiring (read: forcing) his brother Teek to take him to the Orion Arm of the galaxy in an effort to find the system before the Humans of legend destroy themselves and the planet. However, they just might be one hundred thousand years too late...