To stop war from breaking out in the boon dogs of Federation space, Flight Sergeant Neffy Klingerman is pulled from "enforced leave" to answer the call. Of course they'd send him, he figures. He is the Federation's top covert negotiator, with an outstanding track record of saving civilizations all over the Federation. Glad to head back out into the field, he's only slightly suspicious that his medical records, that only weeks ago had him grounded, are suddenly a non-issue. Scooping up his friend and work partner, Ally, human consciousness in a concierge bot body, their first problem when they get "on site" at the distant planet is talking down the two rival sides that want to blow each other to kingdom come. Minutes away from all-out war, if ever there were ever a time to pull out the stops on his uncanny negotiation skills, this was it. Unfortunately, standing in the way of any resolution is an escalating dispute over a kidnapped scientist, and a stolen Zero Point Energy generator: a piece of tech that in the wrong hands could rip a hole in the universe. Neffy's only chance at saving the entire space-time continuum as we know it is to unravel the sinister plot that is emerging, track the kidnappers and take down all manner of covert delta forces and black ops teams, across multiple planets, to retrieve the device. All the while hoping that he can maintain a cease-fire back at New Atlantia. Will he be successful? Not necessarily – because there's even more going on that he doesn't know about. Find out what, now….