Millawanda has parked Harlowe and his friends on a planet with no life, no breathable atmosphere, no beaches and no In-N-Out Burgers at the edge of the solar system's largest extinct volcano. They're broken, hungry, and lost, with no knowledge or skills as to operating the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. Survival, then, becomes a minute-to-minute existence. If that were not enough, a military presence conscripts their souls, while back home, their families must contend with . . . A government that wants its property back!