Nguyen Van Chou, defeated on Sirius, finds a new weapon in the war with the Directorate. He becomes... the Messiah, reinforcing the faith of his followers with total psycho-processing. A new religion, with the help of terror and deception, is spreading throughout inhabited space, threatening to turn billions of its inhabitants into obedient zombies. Only one force is capable of stopping this invasion - those who were lured into his web by the mysterious Spider God, giving wisdom and courage, hope and love.