When Cassandra wakes from cryonics sleep after 45 years she has no choice but to go and live with her daughter, Roz, and the grandson she's never met, Daniel.
Cassandra still looks 35 while Roz is now 55 years old. Roz and Daniel reluctantly accept to care for Cassandra who, as a result of the cryonics sleep, is wheelchair-bound. Doctor Vassilief, Cassandra's old flame, still tries to woe Cassandra despite the 45 year age gap between them now. However, Cassandra has only one thing on her mind, and it is to get out of her wheelchair and be free to go where she wants. But this is proving even more difficult as, after years of abuse, Mother Nature is angry and she shows it. Earthquakes are now a constant part of every day life. A big crater has opened up outside Roz’s house. The world is collapsing around them and there is nothing they can do about it.