Evie is a shy, bookish bartender in Bradach, the biggest pirate port in the Near Systems. When the love of her life betrays her, she's thrown into the Coalition's highest security prison with no hope of escape. Larkin is a hardened assassin down on her luck with an empty bank account. Her shadowy history comes to light at exactly the wrong time, and she ends up indebted to the Cricket pirate crew. With the Coalition bearing down hard on the growing rebel ranks, Evie and Larkin are forced to work together to survive. Will Larkin's past come back to haunt her into an early grave?