Devon Adair grew up on the stations. Her wealthy and socially-prominent parents helped design the stations that drew thousands of families from the environmentally devastated Earth. She eventually became head of her own multi-orbit firm, becoming rich and powerful in her own right. So how did Devon Adair come to lead an expedition of unwanted families to a distant planet, far from the comforts of home? Her son, Ulysses, was one of the unwanted . . . a child afflicted with the Syndrome. When it was discovered that the Syndrome could be caused by the lack of a natural environment on the very stations her family helped create, Devon searched for a way to save her son and hundreds of children similarly afflicted. Personally funding the Eden Project, she rebelled against the government that wanted to keep G889 a secret, escaping moments before a bomb placed aboard the advance ship destroyed her dreams of a normal life for her son. Despite her best efforts, the sabotaged advance ship crashed onto the planet that was to be Uly's salvation. She and a small number of the crew reached the planet in escape pods, hundreds of kilometers from their intended landing site at New Pacifica. Ever mindful of the colony ship that will arrive in two short years expecting a fully-functioning settlement, Devon leads the remnants of Eden Advance on a trek across a planet full of danger and surprises.
