A Mad scientist, weird illegal experiments, disasters in space, a failing Progressive Earth government run amok and looking for loot, a Libertarian planet far away, (but not far enough), and a 20th Century American lost in time.
American Frank Donovan goes out for some bread and hamburger and winds up in the middle of a bloody space war. The contestants think they're pretty tough and ruthless when it comes to warfare, but they haven't met Frank Donovan yet.
From the Command Pod of a starship, to a gunfight in a sleazy bar, to a bloody ambush on a desert world, Donovan is just trying to survive as best he can. With no way home Donovan has to make the best of the strange new universe he finds himself in.