Joseph Williams died in no particular way at the age of 72. Stubbornly driven, he was only a minuscule part of an outer space mission far greater than him. Yet as the others are forgotten in their demise, he remains. This is a scifi story about a colonization ship that gets stranded in space, with six desperate crew members looking for solutions. Set hundreds of years in the future, it follows Dr. Essen, a young woman who just gained a PhD before joining other researchers and scientists on a mission to the Sun's closest star system, Proxima Centauri.

Ashley became an interrogator to support her family and protect her city from the anarchic Renegades. When Daniel enters her interrogation room, she can't decide whose mind is more corrupted: his or hers. ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ In the year 2130, water is both life and death. Ingesting water contaminated with Renegadea Protozoa can turn a person into a Renegade, or a destructive, anarchic criminal. It's 17-year-old Ashley Cummins's responsibility as a junior interrogator to filter out the petty thieves from the true Renegades. However, interrogating the cocky, defiant, and handsome Daniel Fadhill interferes with her duties. Swept up in Daniel's riptide, Ashley must decide for herself where her loyalties lie. After all, it only takes one contaminated sip to become a Renegade.