When Jim Ferguson, a young astrophysics researcher, joins the Nevilinsky Institute in the town of Malakirov, Dnieper Valley, Ukraine, he has no idea that the end of the world is near. And yet... Will he join the underground ranks of Djink and his rebels, determined to leave the planet for Europa, a satellite of Jupiter, or will he bend to the end under the yoke of Esteban and Rinsky who rule the Institute and pretend to override the terrifying planetary danger.
—Jordan Diow