Jordan Koyne plans to kill himself in two weeks. A software engineer who half-asses half-assing it, he's so deeply depressed he barely noticed when the elven Fandorell, orcish Taruk, and dwarven Gurt migrated to Earth a year ago - a man with a plan to kill himself in two weeks. Meanwhile, his business analyst Tyrlok ain Skrlosh, one of the select few Fandorell given a job as part of a pilot program, has been ordered to improve Jordan's performance within two weeks. Otherwise, she will be fired, putting her people's successful integration on Earth in jeopardy. Despite their disparate origins, both seek belonging and love in a world each now finds foreign. Both seek acceptance in a world that has less and less of it to give with each passing day. And both seek forgiveness from the ghosts of their dark pasts.