Brogan investigates the activitis of race riot instigator Burl Flak, whose gang is causing trouble in Demeter City. An old friend of Brogan's, the bounty hunter Erika Brandt, turns up on Flak's trail and her reacquaintence with Brogan causes Sally to become jealous.

When a meteor crashes on farmland in Altor, Brogan and Haldane become involved in an investigation into a landlord attempting to force his tenants at a nearby tower block. Brogan's suspicions are further fueled by the involvement of military intelligence agents.

Continuing from part one, a meteor fragment is taken by Militay Intelligence to be analysed, but the substanse has dire effects beyond their control.