Jenny is delighted to meet Jim's sister Barb, even as the newcomer is fighting every Josharon within arm's reach. But Barb isn't the only problem that appears in Palayta Village.

Jim has to prove himself trustworthy to Meg's parents before they will help him locate his sister and his lab assistant.

Meg has a plan. Surely the boy from Terran will help her, but the problem is keeping him a secret from everyone else.

Jim wakes up in a cactus-filled wheelbarrow and has no idea where he is. How did he get there? And where is "there"?