In order to maintain an unbiased view, Alex shifts through the sexes like a neutrino oscillates from electron to tau to muon. She/he will need all his/her wits, imagination and perceptiveness as a visitor arrives with a message: cognition, time and reality itself may be nothing more than elaborate illusions. . .

Underway towards 61 Cygni, astronaut Kobayashi encounters an anomalous object. Before he knows it, an alien craft abducts him and he's staying in a space station with a 'Hotel California' attitude: he can check out, but never leave. Through an unwavering attitude, lateral thinking and an immense reservoir of patience, Kobayashi tries to figure out what the hell is happening. . .