Merowlink arrives at the city of Ta Bing, near the war-torn Kingdom of Kummen. His next target is the pompous Galvin Fox, star of the Battling arena. But getting close to Fox will mean facing off in a game where the price of losing is death.

Just as his last target learned, the hunter can become the hunted. Merowlink finds himself cornered in a crashed star-ship, facing an enemy who has carefully laid his traps. But help can come from surprising directions.

A railway headed through an isolated mountain pass makes a tasty target for bandits. And that's just what Merowlink is counting on, since one of the bandits is his next quarry. But the train has an important passenger who may turn out to be an even bigger prize.

Major Boyle swore he would return to settle things, and Merowlink knows he intends to keep that promise. One way or another, only one of them is walking away from this fight, and Lulusy's castle may be about to fall.

The path of vengeance and obsession can have twists and turns, and it's left Merowlink wondering if he can ever avenge his lost comrades. As enemy forces gather in the skies overhead and the clock ticks down to the resumption of galactic war, two men face each other for a final showdown.