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The Jumper saga gets put on hold for this volume, as Tachyon and friends take a trip to the Takisian home planet in an effort to catch Blaise and force him to reverse the damage he inflicted on Tachyon in Jokertown Shuffle.
Although billed on the title page as "A Wild Cards Mosaic Novel", this is, in fact, a solo novel by Tachyon's creator, Melinda M. Snodgrass.
The main characters in this volume are: Tachyon, AKA Tisianne Mark Meadows, AKA Cap'n Trips Jay Ackroyd, AKA Popinjay Prince Zabb Blaise Durg at' Morakh Kelly Jenkins
The book follows on directly from the concluding pages of the last instalment, as Tachyon (who's no longer feeling himself at this point) and the Turtle try, but fail, to catch up to the Takis-bound spacecraft carrying Blaise, his Morakh killer, Durg, and the jumped body of a fellow Rox resident, Kelly Jenkins. Consequently, Tachyon (or Tisianne) has to make a 'deal with the devil' in order to obtain passage to Takis, and enlists Mark Meadows and Jay Ackroyd to act as bodyguards for the journey.
On arrival, Tisianne's cousin Zabb starts as he means to go on by breaking a contract and screwing his relatives; Tisianne welcomes some sisterly affection; Mark has to become somewhat less than a man in order to fulfil his duties, and Jay discovers how ruthless his employer can be. Meanwhile, Blaise and Durg organise a coup and Kelly gains an admirer.
As the threat of a global war becomes inevitable thanks to Blaise and his consigliere, combatants choose sides and enemies make deals. Jay finally finds someone who understands him 23 light years from home, and learns that it's rude to point; Mark remembers who the Network reminds him of, and is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice in battle; Tisianne pays the hard way for all the womanising back on Earth and gets to see Zabb in a different light; Kelly gains a spouse who gives Black Widow spiders a bad name; Durg meets his true master; and Blaise comes to realise he can never be a true Takisian.