Lucas and Euro escape from the aliens holding them captive and threatening to eat them only to be thrust into the cutthroat politics of the Elysian justice system. Branded a traitor to the country he fought for, Lucas is locked into his exosuit and sentenced to serve in the Slave Corps for twenty five years or until his death. Vance falls back into the darkness of his past that he had been trying to keep hidden, even from Rav. A life-changing secret comes to light that tears the friends apart . . . perhaps forever. With a picture of Nemo wearing an Azimandian uniform appearing on Rav's communicator and a call from him, the group develops a plan to storm Star-World Zero Alpha and rescue the boy before more harm comes to him. But with Azimandia's skill in manipulation and brainwashing, the naive five-year-old does not have much time before he is forced to join the enemy.