Major Jason Mercer awakes from a cryogenics experiment to a primitive earth society devoid of men. His presence among these women, many of whom have never seen a man, begins to complicate the relationships of the colony, with disastrous results.

A amber-like cocoon mass is found in an ancient burial chamber. It begins to affect a man, imprinting him with the last memories of a long suspended alien that begins to affect his life and decisions.