THE UNDERWORLD EXPLODES WITH SCUM AND VILLAINY AS MAUL LOOMS IN THE SHADOWS! Ruthless mercenaries are looking to unload IMPERIAL treasure! Crime lord DEEMIS will stop at nothing to get it! Will CAPTAIN LAWSON be able to thwart the exchange of the smuggled fortune?

BETRAYAL ON JANIX! LAWSON is hunted by an assassin and an officer from his own department! Help comes from an unlikely ally - a crime lord named VARIO, who has his own hidden agenda. And MAUL begins his preparation for a job in Janix by kidnapping a member of the police force!

BLOOD GAMBLE! The STAR GAUNTLET - a deadly podrace that takes place in the streets of JANIX - draws thousands of spectators and gamblers from all over the galaxy. Fortunes are won and lost...and so are lives! In the midst of all this chaos, LAWSON uncovers a gambling conspiracy and casino heist that puts him on an unavoidable collision course with MAUL himself!

DANGER LURKS EVER CLOSER ON JANIX! • CAPTAIN LAWSON and TWO-BOOTS unravel the treachery inside their department! • What will happen if they collide with MAUL as he launches his campaign of terror? • Will JANIX fall to the darkness of corruption and crime?