When an Eldridian science vessel goes dark at the edge of the Keldor Nebula, it falls to the Eldridian Shadow Huntress Rhya Cloudshadow to investigate and retrieve the vessel's data core-only to discover that it has been stolen by marauders.Teaming up with Nash Duncan, a human scoundrel, smuggler, gambler, and hot-shot flyer for hire, the unlikely pair embarks on a dangerous journey into the crime-infested underworld of Kelkarius Prime to recover the data core before the secret of the Eldridian people is revealed.