In the near future, Earth has become a crucial trading post among the known worlds and home to multiple alien species who've brought with them mystical cultures and faiths that have changed human society forever. Jaxon Troy, a young human disciple of an alien warrior religion, has been sent on his first off-world mission where he is assaulted and nearly killed. With the help of some friends and a crazy alcoholic alien pilot, Jaxon sets out across the stars on a journey of mystery and violence filled with gangsters, thieves, and murderers in his attempt to figure out who tried to kill him and why.