Garrett arrives on Delta-Phirun to begin his secondary year at Brigamance University, the galaxy's preeminent institution of higher learning. Full of anticipation for his studies and affection for his girlfriend Tixie, the future could not be brighter. But his life unravels in a savage instant. Soon he finds himself frantically racing around the Galactic Ring with an improbable group of reluctant heroes - with the fate of humanity in the balance. The galaxy is changing...