Earthlings again and again receive signals from space, the starting point of which is a distant star system. Who are the “strangers” who are trying to contact people? What do they want to talk about? The government and official scientific circles refuse to finance the expedition to the signal transmitters - and then private investors come into play. A starship full of wealthy tourists and eccentric scientists—the most unlikely bunch to ever leave Earth—set off in search of a mysterious alien race. Expedition leader Priscilla Hutchinson is sure that the journey will be dangerous...