Convicted of fraud and condemned to serve as an indentured miner on a backwater way station, intergalactic translator Dolan knows more about Molten, the liquid metal that fuels the Parkeet station, than most. So when he's ordered to mate with a being that on first contact looks like a pool of the stuff he's been mining, he's less than enthusiastic. But his alternative is death. Xzavia'n has been searching the universe for Molten embryos that were lost when their solar system underwent a catastrophic event. His hunt leads him to Parkeet Station, where he plans to negotiate—or just plain steal—his babies back. From Xzavia'n, Dolan learns more about Molten with each passing moment. Dolan's first priority is to keep his newfound information from the station researchers. The second is to help Xzavia'n get his embryos off the station and back to the new Molten homeworld. But once Xzavia'n's escape is secured, Dolan must choose—return to the only life he's ever known, or follow his heart—and Xzavia'n...

Molten. The energy source of the future. Or so scientists thought—until the sentient liquid metal began fighting back. Dolan and his Molten lover, Zian, are on a mission—collect the bits of Molten that have been blown all over the galaxy. They find more than they bargained for. With the help of a pair of sentient trees, Dolan and Zian must find a way to rescue the dwarf planet Harmony, which is made almost entirely from Molten, and tow it home. But Molten isn't the only thing they find. Can they rescue the younglings and return them to the Molten home world without blowing up this universe—or their relationship?

Double, double, toil and trouble... That sums up Dolan's immediate circumstances. Trapped in an escape pod with his mate’s future dependent on him, anger and the need to find Zian drive Dolan to escape, but time is against him. Zian's own toil and trouble simply doubles. Then triples. Betrayal seems present at every turn. How can he solve problems he simply doesn't understand? Everyone is in for their own kind of surprise. Will Dolan's rescue bring the couple together or will it separate Dolan and Zian for good and signal doom for the Molten race?