After the events of Pitch Black, a contractor is hired to locate Riddick, dead or alive. He reviews available information on him and the events of Pitch Black. Terrified, he hires a female cyberpunk merc to do the job for him.

An officer's assigned to arrest escaped convict, Riddick, who disappeared following the destruction of the vessel on which he was being transported. To assist him, the officer enlists a bounty hunter.They soon realise there's a lot more to the ship's 'accidental' ending, including one of the survivors was carrying a priceless artefacts, and learns the backstories of the other survivors, as well as Riddick.—Daniel Williamson