Tarik Connar is in an artificially induced dream phase. While the Malakurian usurper Mreckk'saah Mahl influences entire star nations with the VR beams, Syeel, another star fighter, has also been imprisoned in an artificial VR world. His partner Altrea is also fighting in a dangerous dream world. Man-eaters and slave hunters are the only remnants of a once-thriving civilization. Altrea fights for her life.