This book is a look at one possible terrifying future. The world economy is coming apart at the seams. Criminal elements have taken over many of the inner cities and in some cases, whole countries. One man, Malcolm Beacham, has a plan to save humankind. A habitable planet has been detected orbiting Alpha Centuri and he has a bold plan to build a generation ship to travel there and start a human colony. But would it work and could it be completed in time? It would be a race against time on a global scale.