Jason is kidnapped by Mikah who want to take him back to Cassylia for trial; However, Jason sabotages the ship's controls causing it to crash land on a primitive planet where Jason has to use his wits to survive. Based on the novel 'Deathworld 2' published by Bantam Books in 1964.

Kerk uses noted gambler Jason Dinalt to turn 27 million credits into three billion for weapons; Jason uses his psi power to win at the gambling tables and the two men escape Cassylia before the authorities can stop them; Jason insists on accompanying Kerk to his home planet despite warnings that all the creatures on that world are deadly; The pilot, Meta, takes an interest in Jason during the journey, but once they've arrived she wants nothing to do with him.

Five men meet in the elevator that goes slower and slower. Finally, the heroes find themselves in a strange basement, where they await the arrival of the host. But each of them suffers any fears about which they tell each other.