It's 2076 on Mars, and life seems alright for the 19-year-old Frank Lockhart: he's got a swanky dorm in the hottest bubble, aka domed city, in the country, two best friends and a girl back home. An odd letter, however, turns Frank's life on its head, as old friends are not as they seem and an apocalyptic war looms on the horizon, all the while the mystery of the "Buried Stars" begins to unravel the base of Aresian society...