The fourth book in the Spelljamming series. Farmer Teldin Moore turned out to be the bearer of a strange cloak that has powers and capabilities beyond Teldin’s control. He tries to get rid of the cloak, but all his attempts end in failure. As it turned out, various space races are hunting for the cloak, who do not hesitate to kill the people around Teldin, and he, in fear, hoping to escape, flees from his home planet. However, the pursuit of him continues in deep space, with forces already increased many times over. In subsequent adventures, he learns true friendship, love and betrayal, but remains the owner of a cloak, which saves him in difficult situations. He manages to find out that in the past his cloak belonged to the First Pilot of the unique spaceship Spelljammer, and Teldin himself is to become the captain of this ship, which must be found in outer space. He acquires his own ship and goes on a quest. The adventure continues...