n this prequel to Jeffrey A. Carver's STAR RIGGER Universe, we find Panglor Balef, space pilot, teetering on the brink of insanity. Forced by a corrupt shipping company to embark on a near-suicide mission, the life-weary pilot finds himself lost in the depths of space—in a place that seems to defy all rules of logic and reality. Worse, a young female stowaway seems determined to make his life a misery. Is this the end of the line for Panglor and his furry ou-ralot companion? Or could it be a window into a stunning new discovery? Panglor must risk his own life, and the lives of his friends, to find the answer.