They planned a three-jump trip to Earth and a full cargo return. Piece of cake. Until it wasn't.

When Captain Grania O'Ceagan takes her recently-repaired space freighter out for a shakedown run, she and her crew expect an easy trip. Deliver a few passengers and cargo, then reload for the return to Erinnua with a nice profit.

However, a government agency taps her ship for a special delivery to Desolation, an Outer Rim planet way beyond her flight plan. Problem is: she can't refuse, and the promised payment will more than make up for her losses while her vessel was being repaired. Still, the job has risks and a tight deadline. Plus, the new crate in her hold is top secret, and other people are interested in it, including a PPG agent who boards her ship at Earth's space station, ostensibly to help protect the shipment.

Crew problems and delays tighten her timeline, but the cost of failure is too high. They must make the delivery on time. Grania doesn't have any other options.

The second book in the O'Ceagan Saga reunites the Mo Chroidhe's crew in a not-to-be-missed adventure, taking them to the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. Outer Rim contains two connected novels, Errand to Earth and Desolation.