Welcome to Outpost Zero: the smallest town in the universe. The people there work the land, go to the fights every Friday night, and tuck their children into bed... but the Outpost is no place for dreams. To survive is ambitious enough. As Alea and her friends graduate to adulthood under the artificial sky of a faulty biome, on a frozen world never meant to support human life, tragedy strikes.

And after the inexplicable suicide of her friend Steven, Alea searches for the reason why - and what she discovers will upend her world forever.

Meanwhile, a devastating storm has trapped the Outpost under ice, threatening the entire community's survival. As the Planning Team ventures out into the Frost to save the town, Alea and her friends uncover greater mysteries buried beneath the surface.