The Final Book of the Series! Smuggler. Fugitive. Cyborg. Bounty Hunter. Ex-Freedom Fighter. Butcher. Far off into the future in a distant part of the galaxy, the Consortium controls the human colonies held together by the jump gates. Where the Consortium doesn't hold sway, crime flourishes. Through the use of a hellish engine that goes where no one should, the crew of the Matilda slips its way between the two. But now they're stuck on a backwater asteroid and time is running out. Rumors drift of jump gates falling to rebel forces while other systems succumb to the alien invasion. The crew knows where Galena is being held but have no way to get there. Making dark deals in the folds may get them a way out. Will the terrors from outside space lay claim to more systems? Can the insurrection prevail? With the universe against them, can Jacquotte Delahaye rescue Galena from this war-torn galaxy? Loosen that pistol in your holster and prepare for the fifth and final book of the series, Waltzing Matilda.