The Center: Book Two - Recovery

All life on Earth is gone. Due to man's negligence and mistreatment, greed and desire to control. Earth lashed out her outrage in a magnificent fury. When the dust cleared, all life was destroyed. Nothing survived. Not plant, animal, nor man. All that remained of the human race escaped the dying planet in eleven ships, headed to the Center of the universe. During their escape, two of the eleven ships were stranded on a small blue and green planet. A "Goldilocks Planet" capable of sustaining life. The last thing the pilot in the lead ship told them was they would send a recovery mission to get them. He assured them that they would not be forgotten nor left behind. 500 years later, that recovery mission returned.