Z(a)traced keys I

From an early age, Tederik was prepared to look after the welfare of mortals on the backward Ok-Sawon, while his younger brothers planned to seek their fortune on the more attractive worlds of Metaspace. His planned future collapses when his father is dragged away by Vahan generals and the brothers find themselves at the mercy of power-hungry dignitaries of the Church of St. Feuston. Their path is crossed by a foul-mouthed Gold Digger and the highest dignitaries of the Alliance. An inconspicuous incident on Ok-Sawon gives rise to a predicament of much more serious proportions. Everyone, each in their own way, is looking for something. Something valuable. Something as rare as, say, the keys to the laboratories of the Vahan Gods.