Venture Silk and Zia Rélanj have fled Earth for her homeworld of E2 — it was run or be arrested. They love each other, but he's a spindoc and she's a spy; she's going to get a treatment that will let her to live forever — and he isn't. More than a few operatives want something from them, and if they are to survive, they will have to be sharp — and quick on the draw ...