16 years ago Waverly & Kieran were the first children born in space. Now a perfect couple they are the pride & joy of the whole spaceship. They represent the future. The ship is their entire world. They have never seen a stranger before. Old Earth is crumbling & the crew is hoping to reach (and colonise) New Earth within fifty years. Along with their allies on the second spaceship
- who set off a year before them & whom they have never met. One day Kieran proposes to Waverly. That same morning the allies attack
- & Kieran & Waverly are separated in the cruellest way possible. Will they ever see each other again?