Long-haul trucker Phred Cormier needs to make a delivery. Instead she finds herself part of a cargo. Snatched by an unruly crew of space pirates making a black market drop, to find her way home she must go along for the ride.

Trucking through space now, she is the alien in worlds she has yet to understand.

Adeus captains Kist, a high-tech ship he won in a card game. Taking a short-cut that crosses through the orbit of the savage planet, he makes a small detour. Phred's cries for help compelled him to pick her up. Once he sees the Earth-born beauty, he's determined to keep her. She might take a little convincing, but as a privateer ace he loves a good challenge. She will be his — he'll stake his life on it.