After their questionable resolution of the crisis on the planet Loki, Jack Random and Ruby Journey return to Golgotha and are summoned to an angry Parliament. When they arrive, they find the war against humanity going badly for the Empire on all fronts. And now, the dreaded Recreated have come from beyond the unknown territory of the Darkvoid. But the first order of business for Jack Random is to deal with the evil he sees within the Empire itself, in a vicious strike that will brand him a monster in the eyes of many, including the one he holds most dear.