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Joshua Calvert's hunt for Mzu and the Alchemist takes him to several worlds and asteroid settlements.

On Ayachuko asteroid, in the Dorados, he is shocked to discover that he has a half-brother, Liol, the result of a liaison between Joshua's father Marcus and a local woman nearly thirty years ago.

With possessed loosed on Ayachucko, Joshua agrees to let Liol depart with them.

Joshua is attacked by a possessed but his attempt to ' exorcise ' him as per Elwes ' instruction fails, apparently because the possessing spirit was a Sunni Muslim and has no fear of Joshua's crucifix.

Joshua and his crew manage to escape.

Mzu's trail leads them to Nyvan.

Joshua's pursuit is hampered by agents from the Edenist Intelligence service ( led by Samual ) and the Kulu External Security Agency ( led by Monica Foulkes ) who have surprisingly joined forces in their own pursuit of Mzu.

Possessed loosed on Nyvan have also learned of Mzu's weapon and are searching for her.

The pursuit culminates in a showdown at an iron yard.

Joshua and his companions survive thanks to the intervention of a man with strange abilities named Dick Keaton, and are able to extract Mzu safely, although they also have to pick up Monica and Samual.

Dexter destroys an orbital asteroid with nuclear bombs, causing a rain of asteroid chunks to fall on and annihilate the planet's biosphere.

Satisfied with the chaos he has caused, Dexter departs for Earth.

He abandons his comrades, slips into the ghost realm to evade security, and reappears in the space elevator descending towards the planet.