The crew of your starship are being systematically slaughtered. What do you do? The galaxies' ruling council have lost two ships, thousands of light years distant on the outer fringe of the Milky Way. A civilian exploration vessel and the military ship sent to find it have disappeared without a trace. Edward Virr and the crew of the sentient starship Gabriel are tasked with a mission to discover what happened. Not only do they find the two misplaced ships, but a secret to intergalactic travel, the biggest invasion fleet ever assembled and a ruling alien race so cruel it could destroy humankind. Join Ed and company for their second crusade into the depths of uncharted space. Only this time the team are alone, two and a half million light years from home, they're being hunted, and nothing it seems goes to plan.