It all started with the geese. The Firefly crew is eager to get paid for their latest job, but when payment arrives as a gaggle of geese instead of a purse, their stay on the planet Brome gets an indefinite extension. Dont matter that the geese will fetch a pretty penny once they get somewhere to sell them. Without coin, they cant buy fuel, and without fuel, they cant get off-world. Serenity is stuck. Luckily the foreman of the local fuel refinery, Lyle Horne, wants to hire them, but not to work in the factory. A philanthropic authority known as The Governess has been kidnapping his workers. Lyles fixing to get them back – with the help of Mal and his crew. Only trouble is, Lyles got a mysterious past with Shepherd Book, one the preacher aint too keen to talk about. Out of options and out of time, they launch a three-pronged plan.