The giant insect crisis that defined life on Ourant is over. The bugs are gone, peace has returned, and the remote regions of the planet that were too dangerous to approach during the infestation are now being rushed by salvagers looking to capitalize on everything that was left behind. One small crew makes an unexpected find: a sentient navigational computer aboard a crashed ship, still operational and immediately eager to negotiate. The computer knows where valuable components of the wrecked ship are located and proposes a deal. The journey that follows takes the crew into those remote regions, into conflict with heavily armed mercenaries who have already staked a claim, and into a confrontation with insect swarms that should not be reappearing — but are.