Is Valin Derojan's life going to count? Or is he just another young nomad? The man who saved his life has been kidnapped by callous raiders from space. To regain his lost honour, Valin must attempt a hopeless rescue.
His headstrong younger cousin is seeking to avenge the murder of her father, and follows him. So he must protect her too But wait a moment, now who's saving whom?
In the course of the rescue, they are enlisted by an elusive band of freedom fighters and catapulted towards a galaxy-wide war. They are trained to use powerful mind-controlled rings. But that means Valin...