Unhooked from an artificial reality machine, Llyn Torfinn finds that her home world has been attacked by the Devastators. She must now tap the abundant resources of the planet Tgeda to survive, an action that precipitates war between Tgeda's and Antar. Meanwhile, as the planets try to vanquish each other and Llyn's loyalties are questioned, an alien race that had been the original target of the Devastators' initial attack is back--with a vengeance.