This novel is an expansion of the novella "Red Dots." Humans were running out of time. Earth was no longer a place where they could survive. Earth's leaders initiated a bold plan, launching a spaceship named Deep Space One to a potential new home for humanity. While they waited for a message that the target planet was suitable, all of Earth's resources were committed to building a huge fleet of transports to take them to their new home. Deep Space One was on a one-way journey, and suspicions formed in space and on the ground. The Salvation Corporation, which the President of Earth ran, was building the fleet, but were they honest with the people who trusted them?