Ed Flynn, former
Marine, is not enjoying his retirement. As owner and captain of the
salvage starfreighter Nosferatu, Ed spends his days cruising
the fringes of explored space. The monotony of asteroid surveys and
cargo runs has Ed yearning for his days in uniform---until a routine visit to Zashek Outpost turns
into a nightmare.
Billions of lives
depend on the outcome of a deadly game, in which Ed finds himself
set up as an expendable pawn. Flynn and his crew of fallen angels
are thrust into a desperate race to save a kidnapped child and
prevent a high level political assassination; the first shots of an
interstellar war…