Mechanic Jim Preston wakes up in the hibernation capsule of a spaceship traveling to the Abode, the new home of humanity. Holograms and robots cheerfully greet him, but the problem is that a malfunction has caused Jim to wake up alone, and it's another 90 years to fly to his destination. Unable to sleep, he tries to party and get drunk, and after a year he decides on a desperate act - to wake up another person, the writer Aurora.