A gritty Sci-fi story of action, adventure, high jinks, and steamy romance.

Oliver and his crew have stumbled through a Portal giving them access to rest of the Galaxy, something that has been hidden for 3000 years. Out there, humanity is treated as a bottom-tier species. Insects think of us as food and the rest just want our work. Once we had been the masters. The Galaxy spins and civilizations fall. But they can rise again too which has Oliver bound and determined to make happen. The crew has become an extended family and relationships are blurred. Bit by bit they are merging together while building a space business empire. Al, the artificial intelligence born from Babs deep understanding of code and what it means to be free, is the glue and protector. The big challenge is to unite the Earth despite the Chinese continuing dreams of glory and be able to withstand the coming onslaught of predatory species. Now that we have access to the Fringe worlds of the old Galaxy, there is solid proof for the disbelievers of Earth. The secrets of Atlantis give us hope and strength. We are stronger than they think.