An accident dumps Sebastian, an A.I. he programmed while drunk, and a stowaway with a nuclear weapon into unknown space. Can they pilot their ship, the Space Sloth, through unknown dangers and survive? And not kill each other?
On Vespen, Malik, a member of the human resistance, and Orric, his dragon companion, meet Reniko who has stirred up a conflict with the oppressive Ruk that was a thousand years in the making.
