A group of people struggle to save Mankind from a disaster of its own making.
Europe has been ravaged by a meteor, its surviving populace now scattered refugees around the globe. The power plants that draw energy from the Earth's Mantle are acting as magnets, drawing more chunks of rock each year to crash on the surface. Even worse, each meteor crash brings with it an inexplicable plague, the Falling Disease.
With time running out, a handful of individuals get caught up in an effort to save Mankind. Their paths begin to cross and recross, and their actions affect others in ways they could never have foreseen. A man marooned in an unfamiliar time, an orphan girl swept up by events, an android who begins to think independently, a psychiatric patient who was once an insider, a woman who somehow survived the Falling Disease, an honorable hitman and an escort with access to sensitive secrets all have a role to play. But when they get a glimpse of the truth, it may be more than they are willing to accept...