Mathias had just finished the academy and barely left the graduation ceremony before he was whisked away and placed aboard his own personal transport that was going to be his new home. His assigned region of space was the Fringe, a seemingly lawless range of Federation space that had a reputation for being where dreams got men killed as often as it made them rich. Of all the assignments to be given in this exciting area, he had landed something as dull as a corporate dispute. If only things were always as they seemed.