Meredith Ambrose was nicknamed "Merry" by her parents when she was a baby, but now that she can express her own opinions, they find her "boring". While visiting the family estate, she witnesses the crash landing of a strange boy (Mikel Goodman) who comes from the space habitat...
When a colonist from a forgotten artificial moon returns to Earth, thirteen-year-old Merry and her grandfather must battle to save their culture from the visitor's strange powers.