In the 30th century, human life expectancy has been extended hundreds of years - but it only works for the body. The mind must be rebooted, to make room for another lifetime of memories. When the moment is right, it's time to Jump - to let the old life go and start a new one in a new place, with a new identity. Talyn Jain's body is more than 700 years old, but he is just over 60 in his current life. He is about to marry Oerilae, a woman under 40 and still in her first life, when he unexpectedly Jumps, without any word or warning. His friends and colleagues believe he did so out of reconsideration of the marriage - but Oerilae doesn't believe it. She begins investigating, trying to learn what happened to her husband-to-be. Suddenly she finds herself cut off from her life, pursued by dark forces intent on ending her investigation - and, if necessary, ending her...