James Lynx, a 49‑year‑old former United Nations LEV pilot, receives the devastating news that his Martian scientist wife was killed in a lab experiment. Consumed by grief and resentment, he is abandoned by his children and quits the military, taking a job as a transporter between Earth and Mars in the faint hope that his wife might still be alive. After years of despair and drinking, he is surprised to receive an orbital frame named “Delorez” from his dead wife, reigniting his hope and setting him on a wild adventure.