It has been nearly 30 years since the assassination of Emperor Pax and his family, and the galaxy has been plunged into a state of barely controlled anarchy as various factions vie for control of the once mighty empire. As anarchist forces seek out the sole rumored survivor of the imperial assassination, so too do remnants of the imperial force, hoping to find an heir to restore to his rightful place on the imperial throne. Meanwhile, the rest of the galaxy still struggles to pick up the pieces of a fallen empire and return to business as usual. Will the galaxy recover? Will the anarchists triumph over the imperialists once and for all? And who is this man?