In the late 21st Century, Rick Stella is on the fast track to becoming a baseball superstar, when an injury leads him to join the Pioneer program for a year-long mission. Pioneers are sent into the farthest depths of space to start colonies, and are often never heard from again. When he becomes marooned with his android crew, he must decide whether he is willing to sacrifice his dreams, or risk everything trying to make it home.
"Linda Zimmermann shows why she's an Allstar in combining a story about baseball and science fiction to remind us how to overcome obstacles to emerge a winner!" Tony Tellado, Sci-Fi Talk