In the distant future, people wage a fierce war with an alien race. With every lost planet, the enemy’s advantage becomes even more obvious. A chain of crushing defeats brings humanity to the brink of extinction. The last hope for salvation lies hidden in a secret laboratory at the edge of a star system. By a fateful coincidence, the only ship capable of reaching the goal in time is a special vessel full of prisoners. The criminals will end up holding the key to saving civilization. But will they want to fight for a system that once rejected them? And can they prove that true humanity is not limited to the walls of worldly laws and rules?