In the year 2153, the Milky Way galaxy is dealing with an extradimensional invasion and a surge in space piracy, but exuberant Jane Padgett and stoic Lillis Hawker are still just trying to make their living as freelance space adventurers and heroes. Their fast thinking and faster reflexes have gotten them out of every tight spot so far.

A mysterious woman hires them to return with her to her dangerous homeworld, infiltrate an ancient, booby-trapped temple, and recover a crystal with the purported ability to transport people through time and space. They don't know if this power is real, but others certainly think so ? others who will stop at nothing to get it and rewrite the galaxy's history for their own ends.