This is what the boy is told:

- He woke up on planet Trucon, inside of a fence line he shouldn't have been able to cross.
- He has an annirad blaster would to the back of his head.
- He has no memory.
- He is now under the protection of a mysterious benefactor.
- His name is Chase Garrety.

This is what Chase Garrety knows:

- He has a message: "Guide the star."
- Time is running out.

Chase has been reunited with his younger sister, Lilli. He doesn't remember his past, but Lilli does she remembers their parents, and life before their planet was destroyed. Chase and Lilli are different. Chase can "phase" pass through objects, and Lilli can "transport" send a copy of herself to other locations, even other planets. There are only two people who may have the key to their abilities, and their purposes: Captain Lennard, who is harboring Chase and Lilli (and Chase's friend, Parker) on his spaceship, and Asa Kaplan, who may be responsible for an interplanetary takeover meant to...