Mere seconds from certain destruction over the planet Calizan, General Das Kasan orders the small staff on his disabled space cruiser, the Slipstream, to blast into hyperspace to potentially trade one death for another. Why does the king want to kill him at all? Regardless, he and the Princess Calista can never return to their home planet. When they pull out of hyperdrive, they find themselves and their crew being inextricable drawn...