Bob Johansson—an engineer and a fan of the “Star Trek” universe—signs a contract with a cryo company that promises to preserve his brain after death and give him a new life once science has advanced enough. But Bob couldn’t have imagined what kind of predicament he would wake up to after 117 years. America is run by religion, the cryo company has gone bankrupt, and it sold its frozen “clients” at auction. Now Bob is a “replicant,” a digitized identity without a body. To avoid becoming the “brain” of a garbage truck, Bob fully uses his sense of humor, knowledge, and ingenuity. Bob must be uploaded into an interstellar research ship. His goal—space.