It’s the 25th Century and the British Space Empire faces the gathering menace of the evil ant-soldiers of the Ghast hive, hell-bent on galactic domination. Captain Isambard Smith – a man who knows neither fear nor competence – is the new commander of the freighter John Pym, destined to take on the alien threat because nobody else is available.
Together with his bold crew – a skull-collecting alien lunatic, an android pilot running from a very shady past and a hamster called Gerald – he must escort new-age psychic Rhianna Mitchell to safety on the far side of the galaxy. Straightforward enough – except the Ghasts want her too. Smith must defeat void sharks, fanatical zealots and a robot bounty hunter, before facing his greatest enemy: a ruthless alien warlord with a very large behind…