The storyline concerns a journey towards an event called the Alignment; a specific time in the evolution of earth's history where earth plays a pivotal part in the overall evolution of the universe. At the point of Alignment, earth and the universe of which it is a part, is enabled to ascend to a higher dimension. A great deal depends on earth and, importantly, the spiritual awareness of its population at that time as to whether ascension can be achieved. Maddy, the central character, represents that which is present in us all and symbolic of the awakening of spiritual consciousness.