Detective Inspector Smirnov is back! On medical leave, with his leg in a cast, so the man gunned down in the street wasn't his case. Even thought he'd been in a meeting with the man just a few hours before. No, his problem was reviving the Rigel Brigade because a cross dimensional World has set it's sights on Rigel as a nice place to acquire. So it's time for a cross-dimensional shopping trip for the equipment and personnel the Brigade is going to need. And return to find the Council Chairman and eight others dead in a brutal assassination. Can Inspector Smirnov solve the crimes while training the Brigade? And can he do it before the next invasion?