Mankind's role in the universe has changed. Created light years away, the immense ship, XD05, is to return to earth for colonization. Staffed with a skeleton crew and passengers who are hitching a ride back to the Solar System, they find themselves adrift when a malfunction renders their engines useless. With no one on board skilled enough to fix the problem, they realize we will never find them, forever lost. The youngest passenger is ten-year-old Sally Weiss. She must grow into her adulthood forever knowing her fate is to end up alone.