Netta has been plotting her boss's downfall for a long time now. Ever since she realized he'd been lying to her about the nature of the enchanted Godseal on her forehead, she has planned her revenge. It involved aliens, strange gods, elementals of raw magic, and good old-fashioned political backstabbery. She forgot to account for the fact that the aliens want to be gods too. Seizing control of a vast, ancient society and turning it into a wartime economy will be extremely difficult, but Netta isn't willing to just give up and die. She's going to Ascend, and become a Divine.[A story about mortals trying to gain the power of gods]