It was a quiet summer for Max Baker. Too quiet. Eight months ago, Max found out he was the Guardian of the entire Ninth Sector of the universe, and he expected a lifetime of amazing adventures. Instead it had been months of nothing but training. But Max learns that being the Guardian means that everything can change in an instant.
When Max and his friends respond to a distress call on a distant planet, they're greeted by Max's nemesis, the sinister Emperor Ausiris. Only this time Ausiris has a brand new bag of tricks and has acquired a device that allows him to hijack a person's mind from light years away and take control of their body.
Max must save the universe once again, but will he be able to do it knowing that at any time Ausiris can hijack his allies' minds?