With the Earth fleet almost sestroyed, the Earth lies defeated and occupied by R'oorken invasion forces. The Gedna resistance, their leader stuck on a distant planet and an unwilling participant in a struggle against slavers, give life to the Gedrakna, an experimental hybrid, to aid them in the fight for the survival of mankind.Meanwhile, in deep space, the commander of an advanced Earth warship discovers the secret of the R'oorken seeming invincibility, and together, as part of a most unlikely alliance, they begin the long fight back for liberation and freedom...