President Virginia Belknap is one year into her second term when a NASA scientist discovers a new planet with an atmosphere similar to Earth. Embracing the event, Belknap turns a one-way mission to colonize this new world into her grand calling.It is the early 2030s-a time when Earth is struggling under the ill effects of climate change and a growing population, and the mission seizes the world's imagination. But as the coolheaded and competent Belknap...