Discharged, disgraced, and one bad decision from freedom.Rix Harka was supposed to retire quietly after his tour with the Galactic Marines. Instead, he wakes up blackmailed into captaining a stolen warship, smuggling a banned neuro-enhancer called DreamDust - and babysitting the galaxy's most chaotic crew of beautiful disasters.There's Evvy, a trigger-happy pilot with a body count and a skincare routine. Mox, the four-armed tech savant who's definitely hacking your bank account. Terry, a medic who moonlights as an unlicensed therapist. And Sera? Let's just say if looks could kill, she'd still choose the knife.Their first job goes sideways (of course). A senator's son ends up accidentally-on-purpose vaporized, and suddenly Rix and his crew are labeled terrorists by the same government that tried to erase them. Now, with bounty hunters on their tail and half the galactic network watching, their only option is to punch it straight into the lawless Outer Fringe.Fast ships. Found family. Illegal substances. Questionable decisions.