When a child finds a strange box in her house, she brings it to her mother who pays the price for opening it.

Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.

An underground fighter and her estranged father steal a high-tech spacecraft to escape a dying Earth, only to face a deadly stowaway who sabotages their life support, forcing them into a fight for survival in the claustrophobic confines of space.