1635: a war veteran, troubled by visions of the future, enters the Pantheon in Rome. He seeks answers. He needs redemption. A five year old girl, and her female-line descendants in the present day, hold the key to the future of humanity,
"The problem with living a really long life, is that sometimes you outlive your star." A rogue planet tumbles through the cosmos; while its people desperately search for a new home in an alien system, before being jettison back out into space.
