A space-faring ne’er-do-well with more bravado than brains, Rex Nihilo plies the known universe inside a tireless search for his own personal gain. However when he fleeces a rich weapons dealer within a high-stakes texas holdem game, he ends up winning a worthless globe…and owing a superb debt more huge than space itself! The only path for Rex to escape an eternity of torture in the prison world Gulagatraz is usually to score a large payday by pulling off his biggest rip-off. But getting confusing in the struggle between the tyrannical Malarchian Empire as well as the plucky rebels from the Revolting Front-and endeavoring to double-cross them both-may end up being his biggest mistake. Fortunately for Rex, his discouraged but faithful automatic robot sidekick gets the cyber-smarts to deal with buxom bounty hunters, pudgy princesses, overbearing overlords, and interstellar evangelists…while still keeping Rex’s martini glass filled.