With the earth abandoned long ago, and Archernar, one of many new homes gifted to mankind by the Kelzen and Antlem, established, humanity resumes its ever-present pursuit of prosperity.
For some, such as the Damiano family, prosperity comes in the form of power and control. After the death of the patriarch, crime lord Jeremias Damiano, his children are scattered. The youngest, Stefano, is set to try and outrun the nightmarish secrets his father had kept hidden in the depths of their home. For that young man, now known as Stephen, fate has left him no choice but to throw in his lot with Cedric Fitzroy, a disquieting young entrepreneur Stephen will soon come to find, however, that there are stranger things living in Archernar. Unlike earth, Archernar was never a planet solely for the human race. Kelzen, Antlem and stranger still the fabled Aeln will contest Stephen in his attempt to outrun his family, for the threat posed by his kinsman may be more dangerous still