A simple burglary at Rook's Pawn Shop leads to something much, much bigger when the beautiful Countess Renier hires Tex to find a crystal dove statuette that was stolen from her bungalow—but is this "Countess" all that she seems? The statuette was stolen, yes, but not for anything as small as profit or luxury. This crystal bird could spell the end of the world.

When Tex's former mentor, The Colonel, is stabbed through the chest, Tex must pick up where The Colonel left off, keeping the statuette away from the Brotherhood of Purity and putting a stop to their ancient, deadly prophecies once and for all. Tex will need every ounce of skill he can muster, and tons of luck, to infiltrate the Moon Child—the Brotherhood's massive orbiting space station. If only he hadn't lost his gun...