This speculative fiction novel with romantic elements, starts with Nadine, a medic, in the only city on Mars. When the death of Earth's president leads to a lockdown of the red planet, Nadine is forced into a leadership role. Sven, the mine owner's son, is accidentally left behind but what he discovers on the planet will change him forever. Faced with starvation, can Nadine and her small cohort rally the community in one last attempt to save themselves? Or will what she's found in the hospital lead to them joining all the other dead on the desert planet?