Yvian Kiver has risked everything to start a new life as a void trader. It is not going well. Yvian's ship broke down. Pirates came. Now Yvian is staring down the barrel of a slave implant. Just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, something worse arrived. The human. Lucky for her Captain Mims is in a bind. He needs a translator and he needs it fast. In return for her help, the human offers to take Yvian a deal. He'll take her under his murderous wing. He will teach her to fly, to ...