Jack of Hearts is a prisoner aboard a spaceship headed into Contraxia’s sun and all
he can do is worry over the fate of his beloved Marcy Kane a/k/a Kaina.
Meanwhile, on Contraxia, having abandoned their strict moral code to approve
sacrificing Jack’s life, the populace has erupted into celebration, which
quickly turns to rioting and orgies, dissipation and vulgarity. Commander Varga
of the Survivalists is consumed by guilt, both over how they abandoned their
moral code to sacrifice Jack and seeing what his world has turned into. Smythe
defends his actions in both murdering the Sun Priestesses and framing Jack for
the crime. Varga fears that the one witness, Kaina, can expose their misdeeds
but Smythe reveals that Kaina has been imprisoned aboard the ship and will die
with Jack….
And
Jack discovers Kaina is aboard the ship and he is heartbroken that the one
person he wished to save will die with him; Kaina, seeing there is no chance of
escape, puts a brighter spin on it that they will die together to save the
world….
The
Survivalist fleet heads after the ship, Varga forcing Smythe and the others to
rescue Kaina. As Jack’s ship begins its descent into the sun, Kaina is overcome
by the heat while Varga boards a small shuttle to ty to bring Jack and Kaina
back to Contraxia. But Smythe, knowing that will jeopardize everything the
Survivalists have striven for, attacks him and sends the gravely injured Varga
out to Jack’s ship….
Varga
docks with Jack’s ship and has come to make amends. He puts Kaina into the
shuttle then frees Jack—who slams the shuttle door and launches Kaina back to
safety while he and Varga continue the journey into the sun. Varga is
incinerated by the intense heat while Jack enters the heart of the sun and it
is reignited. Smythe and the Survivalists are rejoicing that their scheme
worked when Jack, returning to Contraxia, passes them, unwittingly burning all
of their ships to a crisp. Arriving at the planet, Jack’s presence causes
massive tsunamis and burns the forests and stands before Kaina who says,
“Forgive them, my love, for they knew not what they did.” Jack, realizing his
increased power cuts him off forever from any human relationships, asks Kaina
to instruct the people, leading them back to their code of honor, while he
heads deeper into space to find his destiny….