Laird Carlin, a spacer suffering from space-sickness, is forced to return to Earth, his ancestral home. There, he reconnects with a childhood sweetheart. But Earth isn't the idyllic planet he remembers. A shadowy conspiracy involving a dangerous plan to harvest the sun's copper threatens the entire solar system. Laird, torn between love and duty, gets entangled in the plot. He must choose between protecting his newfound love and saving humanity from a scorching solar disaster.
Science fiction & fantasy