Mateo wants to escape his frozen world of criminals and mammoth ranchers. But when their bull mammoth is killed, the family ranch is thrown in jeopardy. His father has a plan, but it involves the criminals Mateo despises.

Two sprawling nations war over the stars and their untold riches, but one has an internal competition raging as well! Their military branches battle for lucrative sponsorships and corporate approval in a galaxy-spanning game show with lethal stakes.