二十世纪最后的夏天。那一天人类第一次知晓,自己并非地球唯一的支配者。 地球上出现了巨大生物“怪兽”和能够驱逐怪兽的强大的存在——“哥斯拉”。和怪兽的战斗持续了半个世纪,人类不断失败和逃亡,最终不得已实施了逃离地球的计划。2048年,由中央政府管理下的人工智能筛选出的人类搭乘恒星移民船“阿拉特拉姆”号向11.9光年外的“鲸鱼座塔e星”前进。但是,历经长达20年的旅程终于到达的塔e星与地球的环境比预计的还要恶劣,并不适合人类的存续。 另一方面,搭乘移民船的青年——晴生,曾在4岁时亲眼目睹双亲被哥斯拉杀害,20年间一直在研究如何打倒哥斯拉并夺回地球。当得知移民的可能性已不存在时,生存环境日益恶劣的船内,以晴生为中心的“回归地球派”人数渐增,并决定展开危险的长距离亚空间移动,重回地球。 然而,他们所回到的是经历了2万年的岁月后的地球,已形成了以哥斯拉为顶点的生态系统的未知世界。 究竟人类能否夺回曾经属于自己的星球,晴生的命运又会如何……
Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in a one room apartment in Kabul, Afghanistan, which is under Taliban rule. When her father is arrested without warning for being an intellectual, Parvana's mother is left alone to care for their three children. Banned from going out in public without a man, Parvana’s mother risks arrest herself as she travels to the local prison and demands her husband’s release, only to end up being beaten and turned away. As the family becomes desperate for food, Parvana must cut off her hair and disguise herself as a boy so that she can venture out in public and become the breadwinner for her family. She meets a girl named Shauzia who is also dressed as a boy for the same reason. Shauzia teaches Parvana how to earn money on the streets of Kabul and Parvana is a quick study. With her newfound friend and freedom, Parvana gains confidence in herself and takes on the responsibility of feeding her family. She also weaves a fantastical story to keep her family’s spirits up while they await their father’s return. The story is about a young boy named Sulayman who must travel a great distance and complete three trials in order to defeat a giant elephant who is terrorizing his land. After Parvana narrowly escapes being discovered as a girl, her mother reveals she has arranged a marriage for Parvana’s sister, Soraya, and that the family is moving to Mazar. Parvana begs her mother to delay their departure for one more day, so she can attempt to connect with her father. As war encroaches on Kabul and with all the resolve she has left, Parvana treks to the prison and, with the help of a sympathetic Talib guard, works to free her father once and for all.