While trying to teach Carny a lesson following an incident at a parent-teacher conference, Ray and Tatsurion the Unchained find themselves stuck in the Fire Civilization with Carny and they must work together find their way back to Earth while evading Lord Skycusher's bounty hunters Blastforge Slavetrader and Burnclaw the Relentless. During this time, Ray ends up making a discovery about Carny's dad Alex where it turns out that Alex is one of Choten's benefactors and even learns more about Tatsurion the Unchained's father: Napalmian the Conquering.