"My pilgrimage is just," hummed the Thorn-Bug. The insect began to dance, spinning the swirling mace with each curving step. As the rhythm grew, so too did each trembling swing. "The vendetta is strictly personal."

When technology allows man’s inner nature to be holographicaly projected as animal features, humanity has divided between Predator and Prey. When the penal ship Proper is marooned on a distant planet, the galaxy’s most savage must work together.

Generations into the future, a crew of renegades known as the Skyscrapers uncover their disturbing human past after a sinister Artificial Intelligent being stores all relics of human history - guarded by monstrosities - throughout our known galaxy.