When interstellar singer spy Jack Jones has to solve his own murder on his spaceship TheShakespeare things do not go smoothly. First his clone body loses thirty years of memories, and then it starts experiencing strange urges and abilities. As he investigates he discovers brigands, space pirates and a secret faster-than-light drive, which could push the galaxy into war.He would sing a song, solve the mystery, and save the day --if only he could remember how.