Beset by enemies on all sides, Captain E.Z. Sudden finds himself in a desperate race to find allies who can back his play to save the Majesterium from a secretive enemy, a simmering civil war, the threat of organized crime, and an invasion by the machine empire all at the same time. This third installment of his adventures carries the blue collar hero from Roamer colonies to prison planets and all the way to the seat of the greatest power in the galaxy in a desperate bid to keep the universe safe not only for its own sake but for that of his wife and unborn child.