Preventing his burning fighter from crashing into a residential neighbourhood, Navy Commander Josh Logan ejects too late. He awakes, months later, to a voice that gives him an option – a form of resurrection, to a new body and identity, but with his old memories intact. The price? To bring together a team to deflect an asteroid that is heading earthwards. To everyone he knew, he will be dead and buried – including his beloved wife and unborn child. How can he cope with the discovery that she has remarried? And how can he respond with honour and openness to the nurse who attracts his attention?