In the far future, a time when the sun's radioactive expansion has forced mankin
d to seek refuge in the deepest part of the ocean, and with little hope of survi
val, the fate of the Cain family is inevitably and tragically tied to that of ou
r dying world. Stel Cain, the eternal optimist, has begun a perilous journey fro
m the depths of the sea to the surface to intercept a deep-space probe, returned
to earth with the location of an inhabitable planet, that mankind could escape
to. But there is another Cain in the deep: Stel's long-lost daughter Della, who
has grown up to be a Hope Hunter, seeker and destroyer of all things that would
instill in people a false sense of hope, distractions from life's grim reality.
When Della hears of the probe, the ultimate symbol of hope, she sets her courses
to the surface as well, to destroy the beacon... and any who would seek to shar
e its light.
