Synopsis: From the back cover of the DAW first edition: "Worlds to conquer! When a Metalaw Investigation Team mysteriously vanishes while on a top-secret assignment, Peter Starbuck and his crack crew are called in to finish the mission and discover the fate of their missing comrades. What they uncover may well prove the toughest case of their career: an incredible interstellar invasion plan spearheaded by a genetically altered race out to spread it unique brand of madness to other worlds - and ready to destroy any obstacle, even the agents of Metalaw, to fulfill its dreams of conquest..."