This is another incredible volume of the Valyien Far Future Space Opera series. Over-the-top pirate Captain El is completely unpredictable and mostly unsuccessful in everything except piloting and unorthodox escapes. His crew, Engineer Irie and Gunner Val, is loyal, brave, and exceedingly competent. They continue to be caught in the middle of a battle for survival between Poros, the Armcorp super AI, and Alpha, the extremely powerful, rapidly evolving alien AI. Action packed, imaginative story with great characters and dialogue!