Star Power pilot and hero Wyatt McCoy left his medals and career in back of after the Rim Wars, disillusioned and bitter when he learns the truths behind the conflict. He takes his transformed gunship, the Nellie B, and mind to the Near Fringe, salvaging derelict boats and abandoned stations and mining colonies.

Dr. Beth Parker is an area archaeologist, documenting the annals of planetary enlargement and colonization for Kalok Businesses as well as the Interplanetary Mining Guild. A bit of alien technology embeds itself in Beth’s arm, offering her the ability to see the energy impressions of long ago people and events. When Beth uncovers proof genocide that could bring down the big mining companies, she’s the prospective of assassins. Wyatt makes a split-second decision to intervene, releasing them both right into a high-stakes cat-and-mouse video game with some of the most powerful organizations in the system. They can confirm Kalok and Interplan wiped out millions-but can they live lengthy enough to inform their story?