Kinzie is a trucker on Kandar, where spidery aliens plot galactic conquest. She works hard, plays hard, & if she can hang on for another year, she’ll buy a jumpjet of her own & fly far away. But plans change when she’s caught among rebels, and even worse? Her license is expired.

Faced with a desperate and cruel plan of the Free Terran remnant, Cassiopeia follows her conscience, directly through the barrels of her former comrades’ guns. In her hold, she carries the key to it: a precious cargo in which a restless Affini might find meaning.