Returning home from his first year at space academy, Oliver finds that his parents have been kidnapped. He and his siblings must rescue them and thwart the plans of the evil Society of bel, in the first of five books about the Wikk family which weaves the future into an adventure of archeology and mystery.

The Wikk children's adventures continue as they look for their kidnapped parents on the planet of Evad. The pressure increases family disharmony but they evade the Ubel soldiers and unlock further clues in their quest.