Vast, unsailed grasslands and 100 mph winds make Omicron a beacon for young, thrill-seeking grailers but Omicron's other treasures put them in mortal danger.
It’s the 22nd century and humankind has begun colonizing an ever-expanding and increasingly fragmented galactic sphere. Along with colonists, miners, and planet terraformers, come sports enthusiasts—the most extreme of which are “grailers.”
The sport of grass sailing, or “grailing” as it is known, is a form of windsurfing performed on grass rather than water and takes place on some of the windiest and most inhospitable planets in the known galaxy. The sport requires strength, courage, and lightning-quick reflexes, as the grailers sail in gusty, gale-force winds where one mistake can prove career-ending or even fatal. Young and idealistic, grailers in many ways resemble the “Endless Summer” surfers of the 1960s.
A championship race unites old friends as the grailing elite, journeymen, and groupies trek to the wild and windy Omicron—the legendary and reputed home of grailing—to compete in the sport’s premier event. Murders and sabotage follow, and the only thing standing between survival and disaster is a disillusioned and often passed-over cop and a young grailer who is more interested in pining over a lost love than saving the world.