Reptilian aliens with the potential to rule the entire galaxy; we know that because they did some 300,000 years ago. Now, the Droyne seem content to farm the fields of their few planets and maintain a much lower profile. Are they biding their time? Do they plan to again rule every planet they can see? Or is there some reason why they have retreated to their few worlds?

The Droyne are known to be descendants of the Ancients, a powerful civilisation that dominated all of known space thousands of years ago, and then destroyed itself in one final war. This book describes in detail these fallen people, their history, technology, and society.