After searching for clues to the mystery of the fall of civllisation for her entire adult life, wasteland scavenger Zinada Fierro finally has a ship that will allow her to follow the trail into the heavens. She and her crew of talented misfits must brave the dangers of space, from ruined stations to far more deadly threats lurking among the wreckage as they track down the source of the disaster that almost extinguished life decades ago.