HOMICRON, is a NASA physicist whose body is inhabited by a powerful alien. STARLOCK, the former servant of awesome cosmic entities, now a fugitive. FUTURA, a mysterious woman from another dimension. JALEB, the secretive agent of a race of telepaths. JAYDEE, the deadliest killing machine in the universe. The STRANGERS, brought together by TANKA, an "invariant" empowered to safeguard our world.
The ultimate chess player has finally been revealed: DUKE OXIAN, the mad neuroform from the far future, who, from the heart of the Sun itself, schemes to reshape the patterns of time. Only HOMICRON and JALEB can safely go where no one has gone before: inside a star, to challenge the awesome entity. Meanwhile, the NECROMANCER's use of the starseed has alerted STARLOCK's former masters.