The Kal'Dari system is on the brink of a new age. An entire interplanetary civilization, at the cusp of exploiting the star at its beating heart. It is moments before the dawn of a new era, and yet it is a time of flux -- of ever-shifting alliances, priorities, and factions poised to take advantage of the conflict that will is to come.

In these shark-infested waters, a single salvage claim is filed on a crashed freighter. A nasty secret hides inside, one that might hurtle the entire system into chaos...