"You can't live on a dream, but you can die without one." –Alakzander Balagoun

The Balagoun brothers' ten-year plan for taking the citizens of New London to a new life on Mars following the apocalypse is about to become a reality with the approaching launch of the first test flight, but equipment, supplies and energy are going missing, conspiracy theories are rife, and it seems as if not everyone wants to leave the Earth anyway. To take their places as leaders of the new civilisation, their granddaughters Freya and Reihna must put aside their divided loyalties to the family and keep a restless city supporting a questionable dream.If the information that the local news reporter Hanna Finnegan discovers proves to be true, that dream might just turn out to be a nightmare...