When the Rangers get the command to trap on of the most deadliest space predators known as "banshees", a young boy in the Blood Nebula with some of them. As per request from Colonel Weiss, they board and lose the boy. They learn the real reason why the boy has been able to live among the creatures. They fight to save their own lives against the creatures they have no idea what they are all about.

When a pod reaches Fort Hope with only 1 passenger, the stranger talks about a transport ship that didn't survive. Boon's former Captain and former Ranger Decker and Graaka High-Priest Nazzer. It went down on Skaraab, a lifeless, sun-scorched planet that happens to be the home of a sacred Grakka burial ground. Daniel Kincaid, a new team member with a fresh perspective comes on board. Zylyn tells Boon about a legend where an ancient weapon that has been hidden for a thousand years that is protected by deadly vegetation. The Rangers race to save them. However, the mission could cost them more than they want.