Caught in separate Bubble Universes, each member of the crew must outwit separate versions of their prisioner, insane serial killer Five.

Dante is kidnapped by Tosca, an Orchard agent who plans to use Dante to find Travis, who she believes is the key to The Divinity Cluster. During the kidnapping, Caravaggio is infected with a virus that gives him a second, evil personality. The Tulip is boarded by Navarre, a rogue Orchard scientist who wants to help Luc rescue Dante. While Percy is trying to save the ship from self-destruction by Caravaggio, The Tulip is again boarded - this time by Salomea, a Raider who claims she is working for Travis.