Bright Idea is a stallion who can only describe his life as blessed. The war is over, the zebra menace has been quelled, and Equestria is on its way to rebuilding a peaceful, harmonic existence.

When Bright thinks all is well, though, his perfect life is torn from him and he must come to terms with the sudden changes this brings. Bright begins to question the life he knew while attempting to create a new one for himself in the Equestrian Wasteland.

But when things go from terrifying to life threatening Bright learns a secret that won't just shake Equestria to its core, but put life as we know it on a precarious and volatile ride towards certain destruction. A centuries old conspiracy threatens to strangle the last vestiges of life from a dying world.

Bright must face impending destruction and ask himself, "Can one lost pony save anything?"