When mysterious holograms suddenly appear, heralding the end of the world and offering a means of escape, seventeen-year-old Alexandra Lucas must brave her anxiety disorder and decide whether she should go or stay. "Like most high school seniors, Alexandra Lucas is caught between living in the moment and an unknown future. Her anxiety disorder doesn't make that any easier. But she's coping--until her train stops on the way home from a concert with...

Eighteen-year-old Alexandra Lucas braves her anxiety and jumps through a vertex to the year 2359 where she joins forces with the Umbra, a secret organization, to warn people that the holograms are lying and that Earth still exists, but she is soon bewildered by the lack of outrage conveyed by some people when they learn the truth.