To rescue El, a young woman who has unknowingly entered a competition for immortality, supercriminal Brik Blok journeys to the palace-world of Skycradle. He disguises himself by mind-transferring into the body of a genetically engineered butler and begins making plans to steal an aristocrat's finger-keys
Meanwhile, the walking-cities on the desert-world of Crown Majesty are being picked off by an unseen force!