Kyle and his cyber pack find themselves deep in the hostile alienscape in search of Red. A chance encounter with Salamat Pagi, a native Wani whose life Kyle saves, starts a bond between the boy and the alien. Even with this growing connection Kyle ignores Salamat's warnings to return home and instead continues deeper into the badlands of Kirawan contending with monster sandstorms and 20-foot-tall monster crabs. Meanwhile Red, captured by the blood-thirsty Kira, confronts the unknown horror of a deadly alien dog fight.