After Rudolpho sells the Tulip to weaselly businessman Max for conversion into a prison ship, Dante must infiltrate Max's organization while fending off the unwanted advances of Max's amorous wife Zelda.
Colonel E.W. Bramwell wakes after 50 years in cryogenic slumber. However, Bramwell still believes that Earth is at war with the Raiders. Dante plans to use Bramwell's legendary status with the Raiders as a means to find his son Travis.
En route to dropping off a bounty, Travis and his crew encounter an old nemesis who offers to share the riches from a cache of precious stones rarer than diamonds.
Marcus, still searching for an alternative power source for the Trans-Utopian, reads up on the Theories of a Dr Gregor Laszig and compels the crew to go in search of him, the crew find more than they are looking for when the Orchard gets involved ..
Darius pulls strings with Rudolpho to have the Tulip transport Andrea Arquette, an artist who's suspected of murder. Percy discovers that the Tulip is being trailed by a cloaked ship that might be over three million years old.
The crew of the Trans-Utopian must deal with the perils of Hyperspace; separated in space-time, they must survive while being stalked by a mysterious presence; Travis wrestles with gift and curs of the Divinity Cluster.
The crew of the Tulip receive a radio transmission from a religious cult planning to commit mass suicide by crashing their ship into the sun. Lucretia winds up falling under the unnatural influence of charismatic cult leader Brother #13.
Dante, Lucretia, and Percy are caught in separate Bubble Universes due to graviton experiment on a Triton research station gone haywire. Each has to outwit different versions of Five, insane serial killer prisoner on board the Tulip.
Dante and Lucretia capture Petrakis, vicious escaped prisoner who hijacked a luxury yacht. However, Tulip gets commandeered by Special Ops squad transporting Ire, young girl with unique powers who might be infected with a deadly virus.
Harman, former associate of Darius Scott, becomes one of the most wanted men in the universe after he develops superhuman speed and refuses to talk to anyone but Darius. Dante's and Percy's suspicions about Lucretia come to a head.