In 2099, one of NASA's Apollo rocket capsules is discovered in the Mongolian desert, where it seems to have rested for 65 million years. Meanwhile, on Mars, a mysterious black artifact of unknown origin is consuming one of the planet's moons. The Earth vessel Davide is dispatched to investigate and gets pulled into the vortex. Lila Mochizuki and her companions find themselves suddenly a long, long way from home.