Each book in this series gets a little more bizarre than the rest. In this episode of the story, Captain Maddox accidentally enters a portal that results in him traveling 200 light years to the other end of the galaxy where he is immersed in a primitive human solar system. Getting ahead in this culture is achieved by killing your superior. Maddex ultimately discovers that Metusula Women Myers is in the system with plans to revive a Builder whose plan is to abolish humanity. Using his cleverness, Maddox succeeds in outsmarting Myers and getting the entire solar system's human population back within the protection and resources of Earth. There are other events and side stories that further support my opinion of the book's questionable scientific possibilities. The book is entertaining and, with some knowledge of the universe that Vaughn Heppner created in the series' previous books, is an easy read. ( )