Serenity—a beautiful word that conjures images of peace. Serenity—a state of being. No anxiety, no cares in this world. Serenity—a place not easily reached. Leastways not without eating a bullet or diving out an airlock. Everyone strives for Serenity in this life. Few find it in this life.

Serenity is also a spaceship, a Firefly Class transport owned by Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a man not yet ready to forget why he fought in the war. Determined to live by their own rules, Mal and his crew sail the black, taking on odd jobs as they come. Serenity is home to a group of disparate people: a cheerful mechanic, a hardbitten mercenary, two professional soldiers, a wisecracking pilot, a beautiful and seductive Companion, a “Shepherd,” a mentally scarred young girl and her brilliant doctor brother. This group, brought together by accident or fate, has become Serenity’s family. Together or apart, they work to keep flyin’.