The Priceless Collar King is once more engaged in numerous life-or-death struggles. Luckily, Mad Maxx has acquired the perfect skill set that will assure he continues to claim the status of survivor. Then again, everyone has a limit. Somehow, the residents of Das Kaiser Haus seem to always know exactly how to push him past it. Mad Maxx broke his metal hoping to escape lack of choice. Turns out it was not that silver ring around his neck nor the whip of the Masters keeping him subjugated. He has discovered true control doesn't come from the outside at all. It comes from within.

His struggle to regain his balance is thwarted at every turn. Old enemies such as Jonas, Kilian and Reece are proving formidable. Even the House leaders seem to be eager to knock him back to his knees. If only they could find an excuse.

Maybe the answer to his dilemma has been there all along. The man named Lucus has been following him from a safe distance, watching and waiting in the shadows. His motives are unclear, but his behaviors hint that he is dangerously disturbed.