A solar system with little more than luxary hotels catering to the underemployed filithy-rich, the Oseon was every gambler's dream come true. And so it was for Lando Calrission, gambler, rouge, and con-artiste. Until he broke the gambler's cardinal rule: never beat a cop at high-stakes games of chance.

Soon Lando and his feckless five-armed robot companion were being stalked by two enemies - one they knew but could not see, and one they saw but did not recognize...until it was too late.