Quinn, brilliant and alienated, is about to embark on a one way trip to Mars. But she hasn't told anyone she's leaving yet. World Away tracks her final days as she tells the most important people in her life that she'll never see them again.

Quinn is a brilliant and alienated young woman who has been training in secret to be part of a privately funded, four-­person team about to depart from Earth on a one-­way trip to Mars-the purpose of which is to establish the first off-­planet human colony. With five days left on Earth, Quinn returns home to say goodbye to her friends and family who are all just hearing about the trip for the first time. In these final moments with the most important people in her life, Quinn comes to question her reasoning behind the decision to leave everything behind.