Adjoa Andoh is a British film, television, stage and radio actress. On stage, she has played lead roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre.
The protagonist wakes up inside a giant dimension-crossing illithid (mind flayer) flying ship. They are implanted with an illithid tadpole, a parasite that enthrals and transforms people into illithids; however, the transformation does not happen, and the ship comes under attack from githyanki warriors.