Those star-hopping Alterians are back in a cosmic caper of conjugal consequence! When an ancient hunger is awakened in the far reaches of space, the Alterian High Council sends ordained Collector Maxy Prime to investigate with her nimble know-it-all sidekick, Gabby Jinx. There they discover an ambitious professor and her students in the grips of the Thangarian Pleasure Pod, a mega-parasite!