BOOK ONE in the misadventures of Prince Voltron Murkmyre. Prince Voltron Murkmyre wants two things; revenge, and the throne of the Murkmyrian Empire for himself. Enduring a seventy-four year prison sentence - for crimes he didn't commit - has left him in a bit of a bad mood. To achieve his ambitions, he and his dogsbody slave Plip must evade the Empire and other shadowy forces - and survive a series of unfortunate crash-landings on worlds populated by ridiculous races and nonsensical creatures. And then there's the mystery of the Darkstar of Glumdyyk to unravel, a fabled gemstone of unimaginable power ...