Zack O'Neal is resigned to death. After all, when you have no heart and life is nearing its end, adventure seems unlikely. Given that, a long forgotten ranch-house is as good a place to die as any other.
Ada Barton has no future. When your life is one of prostitution and drugs, and AIDS has condemned you to death, the desert offers escape, and a quiet place to die.
A heartless old man and a dying young woman would seem the most unlikely of starfaring adventurers. But a sixty-five million year old mystery changes everything. That, coupled with the local lawman and a slave with tiger striped hair, might just change history on two worlds. It all depends on a computer named Fred.