Awoken from a 115-year cryosleep, Sean Weber finds himself marooned in a dystopian society called New Eden where love is a mental illness and children are raised by the State. Sean yearns for his beloved, long-dead wife as much as he is appalled by the amoral New Eden society; nonetheless, he finds himself attracted to the carefree existence it offers. Enter the lovely Alpha engineer Cosine Collins, a misfit of her own society, who has experienced Sean's old world values through her aged school mentor, Dr. Issac Trexler. Cosine's professional and personal life are in a tailspin as a result of her uncompromising search for meaning within the hedonistic New Eden society. Through Cosine, Sean may regain the wholesome love he'd lost so long ago, but perhaps he has already adopted enough of New Eden's values not to chose her. The consequences of his decision will profoundly affect both of them forever.