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The book begins with a brief account of how the Furyans (Riddick's people), originated as a people and their earliest encounter with the Necromongers. Within this storyline, the attack of the Necromongers, destruction of the Furyans, escape of a few families, Riddick survival, and the circumstances of how he became "Riddick" the outlaw and criminal is outlined.
The narrative jumps forward to approximately ten years past his escape from the devil's planet (chronicled in his last movie). The first of three interwoven storylines detail (1) the life and actions of the mercenaries that helped Riddick, (John's and daughter Dahl) and her alliance with the lost Furyans; (2) the degeneration and decline of the Necromongers after Riddick left as the Lord Marshal, their plan and attempts at recovery, and subsequent capture of Dahl and (3) Riddick's hidden survival on a distant planet, eventual discovery and recruitment by Johns to rescue Dahl from the Necromongers, and his rendezvous with his Furyan past.
The three story lines are intertwined, and finally converge literally on a single planet with a final reckoning with the Necromongers, providing answers to questions left unanswered in the movies regarding Riddick's family, the Furyians, Mercenaries, Necromongers, final destiny.