A hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers from pop tradition to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley staff, strange existence forms, thrilling twists, and a galaxy full of fun and experience.

Captain Eva Innocente as well as the team of La Sirena Negra cruise the galaxy delivering small cargo for also smaller revenue. When her sister Mari is definitely kidnapped from the Refrigerator, a shadowy syndicate that retains people hostage in cryostasis, Eva must undergo a string about Chilling Effect: A Book of unpleasant, dangerous missions to pay the ransom.

But Eva may lose her brain before she can boost the money. The ship’s keep is filled with psychic pet cats, an amorous fish-faced emperor wants her dead after she rejects his advances, and her sweet engineer is offering her a pesky case of feelings. The worse things get, the greater she lies, raising suspicions and testing her commitment to her found family.

To totally free her sister, Eva will risk everything: her staff, her deliver, and the life she’s built for the ashes of her past misdeeds. But when the dominoes begin to fall and she discovers the real threat is higher than she imagined, she must determine whether to play it cool or burn it all down.