Fifteen-year-old Tom Masterson’s life rockets from ordinary to extraordinary when his parents become administrators of Orion’s Park—a planet-sized entertainment hub where genetically engineered wonders defy imagination. Giant Bog Hoppers carry riders across marshlands, four-armed Thulks offer massages, and Harmonizer plants sing symphonies in the wind. But beneath the park’s glittering facade, danger simmers. Tom grapples with isolation in a new world, unexpected friendships with quick-witted twins Shelly and Blue, and the flutter of first love, all while shadowed by security for reasons he doesn’t yet understand.

The planet itself whispers secrets. Scarred by the unsolved theft of priceless DNA samples and the mysterious death of a lab technician, its corporate overlords hide unsettling truths. Enter Captain Orack and the Outcast Society: star-faring exiles whose desperation to save their dying civilization drives them to sabotage and theft. As Orack’s stealth ships strike and hidden forces manipulate Tom’s troubled classmate Dean, Tom’s curiosity plunges him into a conspiracy where bio-engineered marvels collide with corporate espionage and interstellar war.