Ven Zaran’s successful intergalactic trade business is cut short when a brush with a crime syndicate results in his family being kidnapped and Ven forced to work for the gangsters. Unable to rescue them and unaware he has friends working to do just that, he caves to an old drug addiction. But events conspire to bring a showdown that will cost someone their life.
When independent galactic trader Ven Zaran tangles with a powerful crime syndicate, it’s not a question of if someone will die, only who it will be.
Independent galactic trader Ven Zaran has had a troubled past, but he thought it was behind him. He has a family and a successful career, but when he helps out a former crew member against a crime syndicate, it draws him into a spiral of self-destruction. His family is kidnapped and he is forced to work for the gangsters who have them. Unable to free them himself, and unaware that everyone around him is working to do just that, he caves to the temptation of an old drug addiction. As he struggles to avoid lashing out, events conspire to bring a showdown with the gangsters. It’s no longer a matter of if someone will die, only who.
A female assassin, known as Raven and hailing from both human and alien backgrounds, shares her story with Security Chief Salina Craddock of the Earth Conglomerate Space Security Agency (ECSSA) after being captured.
