University of Florida computer science professor (and closeted berhacker), Harold Butterfield, and his Corgi and best friend, HardDrive (a.k.a. Hardee), just met a new friend, Olivia Zo Maria Anderson, a demon cosplayer, at a convention. On their way home, they're abducted by aliens and subjected to "the usual" mistreatment. In the process, Harold learns that it's the opinion of these aliens that Earth's Homo sapiens are likely to prove too much...