BLURB

The Sythians conquered the galaxy ten years earlier with one objective: to flush out the human race.
THEY ARE HIDING Now the remnants are living in the galaxy’s last natural industry: Dark Space— formerly a spot of exile for criminals, now humanity’s last shelter.
THEY ARE ISOLATED The once galaxy-spanning Imperium of Star Systems is kept protecting the door which is the only route into or out of Dark Space— but not everyone is happy with their governance.
AND THEY ARE KILLING EACH OTHER Ex-convict and freelancer Ethan Ortane is on the hunt. He thanks 10,000 sols to the god of crime Alec Brondi, and his vessel is severely harmed. He makes an offer that Ethan can’t decline when Brondi picks up with him. Ethan must enter and sabotage the Valiant, the Imperial Star Systems Fleet carrier that guards Dark Space’s entry, and then clean up his debt. While Ethan is still undecided about what he is going to do, he understands that the Imperium has been sleeping and endangering all of Dark Space. Now Brondi’s scheme is beginning to sound like a needed force, but before Ethan can behave on it, he finds that the real plan was much more vicious than it was told, and he will be fortunate to flee intact from the Valiant.