Brett is a fourth waver on Castle Verde, and he's happy in that life. Then the corporation pulls everyone off Verde and send them to new assignments. That's alright, new assignments are part of the life, but then his transport ship is evacuated. The next time he gains consciousness, he's on Earth and his Backhand is calling him Stephane. As for his memory, the last time he saw her, she was in a red dress. But now she's not returning his pings. Worse of all, his body is breaking down and he's growing old....