The story continues where The Simple Wish ends. Simon Hill finds himself lost in a different solar system, but as he looks for clues to the location of Earth, he finds himself the focal point in a much bigger war than the one back on Earth. As he starts out making a living while he searches for the way home, he makes friends that become a family, but as the war heats up. Is it just his imagination or can he sense Janet's hand in the background gently guiding him and his new family during the war.