When a landing party is sent to find out why the Shipstar is on the same trajectory as a human party, half of the group is captured, the other half must go on the run from the bizarre inhabitants.

The free group must find a way off of the object and back to their vessel. In the course of their attempt, however, they will uncover the secrets of the Shipstar — secrets that will forever upend their understanding of the universe, and mankind's place in it.