The heroes of the Vigil come under attack by a paranoid government. Scattered and on the run, each member must try to survive, reunite, and decide on a new role to play on a planet where small people wield big hammers to pound down a few very tall nails. Also, why has Valjhar Cor of the Space Mariners returned to Earth? And how will the rogue inventor Possum Perturbare react to being caught and imprisoned? Acts of the Vigil is the seventh novel of the Endurian Universe, and the second to feature the Vigil.