The book comprises a collection of 20 fast paced, action packed, science fiction and science fantasy short stories. The lead story "Human Hunter" is based on a story arc pod cast on the Beam Me Up Pod cast site during 2014/15. In its desperation to acquire an alien artifact an Earth based organization courts disaster by illegally employing Xelk human hunters on Earth. "Grey Power - Consolidation" looks at the world post the Young/Old War while in "The Empress Voluvita" the authority of the Empress of one hundred worlds is challenged in an unexpected way. "Dystopian Transcontinental Journey" involves a desperate trip by an ex SAS soldier across an Australian continent ravaged by war with the alien Dreelth. In "Living on Compressed Time" participants on the compressed time program are taken advantage of while in "Deep Web" aliens penetrate the dark web. And much more