Vigil and the crew of the Verisimilitude have managed to escape the mystery planet their ship was forced to land on. But now Chippy has been implanted with information by the speaker of that planet, however, they have no way to access it...so they must now seek out and get help from Septima Caelax, the woman known for solving the unsolvable. However, Septima might have information about Odysseus that could drive a permanent wedge between him and Vigil.