The Premise In 100 Words

A mission out to the distant reaches of our solar system. A brilliant xenobiologist. A mountaineering soldier. A Nigerian doctor. A mercenary. A mysterious rendevous.  A desperate rescue mission. An old man's ferried to an remote destination. A pacifist takes up arms. A soldier returns home. A lengthy journey saves time by taking an improbable path. A cosmic war between giant trees and crystals colliding into other in space. Earth invaded by worms. A scientist reconciles with his estranged son. Man kind discovers we are not alone in the heavens. Memory is our concousness skipping through time. Civilization is destroyed. A man stands in the wheat fields and waves to himself in the stars.