After witnessing the brutal death of his parents, a young man escapes off-world. Alone, scared, and shaken from his recent experiences, Savros runs into Polly. After joining Polly and Jaen aboard Kaiozoshin, Savros, Polly, Jaen, and Shin head out to explore Living Space-the name given to the Galactic Center of Knowledge's area of influence which includes nearly a dozen inhabited star systems. What they didn't expect to find were assassins around every corner, an astral gorilla larger than most asteroids, a being older than time in the universe, and magic.