Joining the Interstellar Navy sounded like a good idea. But when aliens overrun planet Ganga, Ajuna Diebold is one of the few humans to escape alive. On returning to Earth he finds that due to the time dilation caused by travel between stars thirty years have passed while he has only aged two. Now an unwanted veteran with out-of-date skills Arjuna must adapt to a world, where AI computers with bad fashion sense control the economy, talk show hosts judge and sentence lawbreakers, and the only illegal drug is the one that makes you smarter.