Taran Williams has a nice, sensible life--a steady paycheck at a decent job, a wonderful fiancee, and an upcoming wedding. Upon invitation, his friend Dr. Oscar Digby takes him on a tour of his planetarium, where Taran makes a startling discovery. Neptune, it is soon agreed upon the world over, has disappeared--and it will not be the last planet to do so. As each planet vanishes from the known universe, the growing chaotic circumstances on Earth force...