Anna nearly dies, along with all her family members, at age four from your deadly Cacao computer virus. But she survives, because of a poisonous red-headed krait. The medical community is usually excited since there is absolutely no known treatment for the pathogen, but Anna and her snake, Red, have got a symbiotic relationship-containment, not really cure. If she is ever separated from Red, she will die.Anna struggles through foster homes. As her krait becomes known and valuable through the entire three star empires as you of only a handful of such about Smugglers snakes, she fights off attempts to destroy her and snatch Red. She even involves question if her brilliance in school and eventually at deciphering code is definitely somehow connected to her constant friend.When the Naval Intelligence Agency, the NIA, recruits her, her adventures grow beyond fending away thieves and killers to tracking down interstellar smugglers as part of an elite team, however the smuggling cartel are quick to fight. In the midst of space battles and well-placed assassins, Anna is persuaded that Red’s existence could make the difference in success or death, not just on her behalf but her whole NIA team.