Kiroc has suddenly found himself elected as the Scorched Earth Mission Planner for an octonian landing party. His daughter Dawn seeks to help him stay grounded as their Hospitium Sphere hurtles through space and time. While a Terrestrial Behavioral Engineering corporation seeks to redefine the essence of humanity for their profit, the forces of alien octonians, dolphins, crypto criminals, improv comedians, YouTubers, scientists, an undercover alien dog, and a cybernetic squirrel all threaten to be their undoing. Not even the mysterious doughnut gnomes have a sightline on the outcome. What if extra-terrestrials wanted to ensure the survival of the human race, yet carried the seeds of catastrophic destruction? What if a cleaning, robotic collective was witness to it all? What started off with the illicit sale of lemonade on Alberta Street in the city of Portland has become the catalyst of Cosmic Importance