After the future Earth dystopia collapses, 16 year old Curtis Jecker must travel the stars to find a new planet before everyone back home suffers and dies from a now fading Earth. While traveling through whitespace using the Roe Drive, he becomes lost a stranded on an unknown planet. A galactic mystery begins to unfold as Ringle Panhandle wraps Curtis in his own political agenda to overthrow the Wauent. Pulled by his curiosity and instincts to do the right thing, Curtis loses sight of his mission and seeks to resolve his own inner turmoil.