Explicit Adult Content. The horrors of planet Secren reveal themselves to Demetri one by one, making him even more desperate. His parasitic computer guide, Brainbox, continues to tell Demetri his only chance for survival is to become the 'beta' (lover in the submissive role) to the charming mine overlord Malstrum. Someone is after Demetri's claims, and the precious beads his group must mine in order to have food for survival. Their new enemy is named Flurry. They learn he's not only a psychopath—but a cannibal. Things are even worse than the gloom and doom warnings Demetri got from Malstrum. He needs help—no matter what the personal price.