Thomas Holesgrove

John Crichton faces eighty years as a statue. That is, until the Scarran Cargn decapitates the statue and drops the head into a vat of acid.

D'Argo and Stark try to heal John, left with his head open on an operating table, while Scorpius attempts to avoid discovery. Zhaan makes a great personal sacrifice, while Jothee and Chiana commit an indiscretion.

Crichton has returned to Earth. Or has he always been on Earth all this time? People from his past and present appear. Is this some trick? If so, who is behind it and why?

Wealthy from their bank heist, Moya's crew heads straight for an ice planet to meet with Diagnosan Tocot, a famous surgeon whom they hope can heal Moya's burns as well as remove Scorpius' neural chip from Crichton's brain.

Moya docks at a commerce station so the crew can spend some of the money they acquired from the depository. Disaster strikes however when the station is hit by a storm.

Talyn lands on a planet covered mostly with vegetation that will help him to heal. Crichton, Aeryn and Crais leave the ship in search of Xhalax.