Deep in the cold darkness of interstellar space, the last hope for mankind hurtles silently towards an unknown future. The “generation colony” living within the belly of their terraformed asteroid must survive the thousand-year trip to colonise the planets around a new star. Each new generation of young colonists representing a link in an unbroken chain of humanity, carry the hopes and dreams of mankind’s succession to the stars. But for Porl and Gwen, the only challenge that matters is to survive adolescence. In a world where their lives are controlled, their urges suppressed and their dreams ignored, nothing made sense. Their lives… are a lie.