When a Terran Empire starship is pulled into a wormhole and crashes on an uncharted distant planet, the survivors of the ill-fated ship struggle to adjust to a world full of dangers and secrets while holding out the hope that they can escape their new home. Star-crossed former lovers, Burke Wolfhampton and Sitka Drakos, lead the sexually-charged group in an effort to build a new life on a hostile world that will defy their understanding of biology, family, sex and gender.