Publisher's Synopsis
It is the year 2226. The Hurr-Nam are sentient AI robots and the only non-biological members of the Intergalactic Congress. The Hurr-Nam have been ejected from the Intergalactic Congress because of a number of violent uprisings and are now forcibly isolated on their home-world. However, the Hurr-Nam have a few colonies on member planets, including Earth. Pip is a twelve-year-old girl from Earth who lives with her uncle Carter Conway on Trebor-A in the outer reaches of the Vomisa galaxy. Until she lived with her uncle, Pip had never had a stable home. Her mother is incarcerated for narcotics possession. Uncle Carter is an aging stand-up comedian who is forced into hiding from unscrupulous investors.
Jorin Zee is half human and half Zendairian. His parents were killed when he was 7 years old and he was raised by his Grandfather, Garret Grissom, on Earth. Now Jorin is the past president of the Intergalactic Congress. Jorin Zee, as the past president of the Congress, keeps his real identity a secret. Jorin is contacted by Knarf Eneg, a Hurr-Nam AI general asking for his assistance in clearing the name of the Hurr-Nam.
