After being maimed and forced into early retirement, the adventurer Belgrieve finds a baby girl in the wilderness and raises her as his own. His new ward, Angeline, soon becomes a legend in her own right but remains a daddy’s girl at heart.

When a key moon base goes dark, it’s up to astronaut Perry Rhodan and his crew to mount a rescue - or so they say in the press. The truth of Rhodan’s mission, though, is top secret, and what he discovers will change the universe forever.