Kylara Vatta, space-trader and privateer, has destined herself for a dangerous future. She must rally an interplanetary taskforce using unpredictable and highly independent individuals and forge them into a lethal weapon: one the pirates that destroyed her family will never forget.

While allies prove scarce, enemies are easier to find, as a conspiracy is uncovered within the vast ISC communications monopoly. Rumours also spread that the Vattas are connected with these traitors - and through them, with the pirates themselves.

The situation escalates when these rumours spark the launch of an ISC strike force, targeting Ky's tiny fleet. Her life becomes increasingly complicated as she turns from hunter to hunted...