Doctor Hugo Pauvert was once a promising astrophysicist, but now he has lost his job, his funding, his girlfriend and his home. His papers are a joke, his career has stalled and his life is spiraling downwards. When a mysterious military project requests him it is the last thing he wants, but after being strong armed into it he realises that this is the adventure of a lifetime... and one that will not only change his life forever, but will also change the course of human history