The year is 2978. The exploration starship Sunburst is the Earth-Mars Confederation Explorer Force's new flagship, the greatest technological marvel in human history, guaranteed to open the frontier of the galaxy. Nearly a mile long, the Sunburst is like a self-contained world, and life on board is a fairy tale.

When a freak accident sets the huge starship ablaze, with power out, the airlocks jammed, and communications impossible, all is chaos, and the wonderland of the Sunburst becomes a journey through hell...