At the age of 90, Grampa Ethan makes one more trip to his beloved adopted planet, Gizmok and the aliens who adopted him as a small orphaned human. Grandkids, Lewis and Milly tag along. Lewis sees a great opportunity to write an excellent article on Floogonian life and politics for the publication that employs him. And Milly? Well, she just wants to write a great story to further her aspirations.
Grampa also has another reason for visiting. He recently learned who his biological parents were. But, the remaining answers about the absent father lie somewhere in the vicinity of Gizmok, and this may be the last opportunity Ethan has to find them, if they’re there.
A stunning discovery on Gizmok to aid the growing energy shortfalls of their world, the ever-evolving planetary relationships of the Galaxy’s inhabitants, a very strange entity from Brak that sets Ethan’s teeth on edge, and some very shifty characters make Ethan, Milly and Lewis’ goals (well, maybe not Lewis’ - a good story is a good story is a good story) a little harder to reach. From the planet he's determined to investigate to find whatever happened to his biological father, comes a surprise that nobody anticipated, in the form of a fully sentient ghimbob, who needs an overdue education. Slowly, the entire Klaxarian galaxy's various peoples are changing in front of everyone's eyes, but, the question still remains; does Grampa Ethan finally get his answers?