Sven's wife Paula is an astronaut aboard the I.S.S, but she doesn't return when her tour is up. Paula's mysterious disappearance prompts a desperate investigation by her family into the clues she left behind. Sven is torn apart by the absence of his wife, but the secrets he uncovers threaten not just him, but perhaps the entire world.

Based on Frank Herbert's legendary sci-fi novel by the same name, this is the story of Paul Atreides, a gifted young man charged with traveling to a hostile planet to obtain a precious resource that can save his people. The quest is rife with danger, but no obstacle is greater than fear.

Marianne, a studious loner, and Connell, the popular star athlete, fall in love as teenagers. An adolescent betrayal drives them apart, and over the course of the next several years they weave in and out of each other's lives as they try desperately to get it right each time they are together.