Michael Lincoln, a debt-ridden, socially awkward loner, devotes himself to publishing The Star Rot Chronicles--a brilliant but unpublished sci-fi saga written by his eccentric friend Taras K. Castle and their writing group, the Orb 4. As he dives into their intergalactic tales and unravels the group's tangled personal histories, Michael's obsession blurs fiction and reality, revealing the deeper truths behind the group's collapse and his own desperate need for purpose.