A solitary ranger riding the galactic frontier, Cinch Carston fears no man - because no man is his equal. But one of the galaxy's richest and most brilliant lunatics has designs on the universe - and has created something terrible to make his dastardly dreams a reality. It's high noon on a backrocket desert planet called Roget - and the Stellar Ranger is finally about to meet his match. Only this time, it's not human.

Responding to a summons by a desperate local leader, Cinch Carston journeys to the jungle planet Mtizito in order to round up a gang of terrorists and discovers an unexpected web of corruption that targets the Stellar Ranger himself.