The planet Miran had sent a spaceship to rendezvous with the enormous vessel that was approaching their star system. The vessels design was odda multitude of separate globular habitats in a frameworkand most of the alien team that entered one of the habitats were slaughtered by savage creatures called “humans.” One alien had barely managed to escape to another habitat where the humans were more friendly, if rather technologically backward. But he needed to get back to his spaceship, and he would need one humans help to do that.

 

            They would have to travel through several more habitats, each one isolated from the other, each with its own bizarre dangers and customs. And friendliness toward strangers was not one of those customs. . . .

 

"Flint and Freer's latest collaboration (after 2007's Pyramid Power) doesn't bring anything original to space opera, but its fast pace and pulpy premise make for an engaging if shallow adventure. When a vast relic made up of massive bubbles approaches a star system inhabited by sentient space-faring aliens, a team of researchers is sent to investigate. Soon after the inquisitive aliens enter one of the bubbles, they're attacked by its murderously insane human inhabitants. Alien xenobiologist Kretz barely escapes into another bubble, and in order to get safely back to his ship, he must somehow traverse numerous virtually inaccessible environments, all populated by divergently evolving human societies. Flint and Freer's action-packed, often humorous story ultimately lacks substance but makes it up in fun." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

As an enormous vessel approaches its system, the planet Miran sends a ship to investigate. After the crew enters one of the vessel's habitats, savage creatures called "humans" attack. One member barely escapes, and he needs to get back to his spaceship. He needs one human's help to do that.