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John Crichton is an American astronaut whose experimental spacecraft Farscape 1 fell through a wormhole, depositing him on the other side of the galaxy. Crichton found a home aboard Moya, a living, sentient spaceship with a crew of outcasts and fugitives from an oppressive military organization known as the Peacekeepers. Crichton -- joined by the warrior-poet Ka D'Argo, ex-Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun, Delvian priestess Zhaan, Nebari thief Chiana, deposed Hynerian Dominar Rygel, and Pilot -- travels the Uncharted Territories, seeking to clear their names and find a way home.

Low on supplies and on the run, Moya enters a system with three planets, the tropical, agrarian Kylei, the heavily industrialized Garangee, and the uninhabited Tivira. Crichton and company soon discover that Kylei and Garangee are at war, each claiming Tivira as their own holy land, and the potential site of knowledge that Crichton needs to get home. Can the crew get what they need without igniting this potentially incendiary conflict?

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Looking to resupply Moya's critically depleted stores, her crew has encountered a planetary system at war. The spiritual Kylei and the industrial Garangee have been drawn to this system by "a voice from the stars," a voice that came from the uninhabited world of Tivira. After generations of conflict, the Kylei and Garangee agree on only one thing -- they will not share their holy land. For John Crichton and the crew of Moya, Tivira promises a way home, for it may be the site of a long-lost stellar map. Moments before signing an historic peace treaty between the two worlds, the leaders of both Garangee and Kylei are assassinated, fanning the flames of war.

Now, Crichton, Zhaan and Chiana are stranded on Kylei while Aeryn, D'Argo and Rygel are stuck on Garangee. They must avoid the crossfire long enough to find out the truth behind the conflict and unlock the secrets of Tivira. Will they survive long enough to bring peace to these war-torn worlds?