Before he was king of Dewar, or one of The Gifted, or The Unifier, he was Ormiez, plant scientist. That life feels far behind him now, but he has one last chance to revisit it with a mission that takes him and a crew of his choosing into deep space. When they end up stranded on a dangerous planet, Ormiez will have to decide which life is most important to him and what he's willing to sacrifice to keep it. He has help in the form of a stowaway goddess, but things are only complicated more by his growing attraction to her.