A new resource has been discovered in asteroids near Earth: Orange Juice. This incredibly powerful substance can fuel machines more sustainably than fossil fuels, be mixed with metals to create lightweight, durable alloys, or even woven into textiles for cutting-edge fashion. It’s also a potent hallucinogen, embraced as both a recreational drug and a spiritual doorway to other dimensions.

The arrival of Orange Juice has polarized society. Some see it as a means to explore space and leave Earth behind. Others want to use it to maintain life on Earth as it is or to heal the planet itself.

At the heart of this multi-faceted, satirical story are two principal characters: a woman researcher in space, working to harvest Orange Juice, and her teenage niece on Earth, who uses it as a drug to escape the grim reality of life. Both feel lost in their own ways. When the niece accidentally lets her toddler brother consume Orange Juice, he develops strange and beautiful powers that may reunite the family—and lead to the revelation of the substance’s true origins. As the supply of Orange Juice disappears, humanity is forced to confront the life they already have and reimagine what the future could hold.