Since the 27th century, space habitat 5 is orbiting Mars, a ten-kilometre-long hollow cylinder. The space fleet is using the habitat as the first reintegration station for astronaut who return from very long interstellar flights. These astronauts have started their journeys many decades, sometimes even many centuries ago. They come from different cultures, different backgrounds – with their own histories and their specific problems. Finding a place in that what they regard as a future world is only one of their challenges. The novel consists of eight stories. An appendix provides a time table and other useful information. More about the book see The Vagrant Planet.