Rowan witnesses the apocalypse. Not the end of the universe, just the end of his planet. Very rare to survive it, apparently, seeing how he is one of three survivors. Jade and Xavier are two other survivors, and none of them really stick together automatically because they're humans in an unfamiliar situation. The situation isn't the biggest part. The biggest part is that the planet was deliberately destroyed. Rowan must track down the destroyer of his world, protect the universe, and run from pirates that want something nobody knows how to get.