At ARTHUR C. CLARKE station, four 24th century youthsJim Street, Keira Bond, Suki Takeda, and Saxon Cainejoin the System's most famous ship, the luxury yacht/freighter XIANNE. There they encounter the mysterious, highly-eccentric, Captain Tom Duncan; his lovely CMO, Dr. Sharon Miles; and Chief Engineer Moses Jones. They escape an Earth burdened beneath heavy-handed laws, injustice, and fear; yet, liberated by abundant powerthanks to Helium-3 Fusion Reactorsand the Porn Culture's near-eradication of the sexual taboo. The time of their lives...will change their lives forever...as their journey begins aboard XIANNE....