
In the far future a time when the sun&s radioactive expansion has forced mankind to seek refuge in the deepest part of the ocean & with little hope of survival the fate of the Cain family is inevitably & tragically tied to that of our dying world Stel Cain the eternal optimist has begun a perilous journey from the depths of the sea to the surface to intercept a deep-space probe returned to earth with the location of an inhabitable planet that mankind could escape to But there is another Cain in the deep Stel&s long-lost daughter Della who has grown up to be a Hope Hunter seeker & destroyer of all things that would instill in people a false sense of hope distractions from life&s grim reality When Della hears of the probe the ultimate symbol of hope she sets her courses to the surface as well to destroy the beacon & any who would seek to share its light by Greg Tocchini Rick Remender