Bounty Hunter. Ex-Freedom Fighter. Fugitive. Smuggler. Butcher. Far off into the future in a distant part of the galaxy, the Consortium controls the human colonies held together by the jump gates. Where the Consortium doesn't hold sway, crime flourishes. Through the use of a hellish engine that goes where no one should, the crew of the Matilda slips its way between the two. But everything has fallen apart since they arrived on the planet Mithuna. Luli Qing's been abducted and the only clue left behind is a corpse. Tales of deep spacers disappearing pepper the feeds. Old secrets have cut to the quick and torn the crew asunder. Caution is thrown to the wind as they scatter across the stars chasing rumors. All the while, the tides whisper of war against the Consortium. Is Luli still alive? What do the entities from beyond want with them? Will Galena survive the foreign substances within? Can Jacquotte Delahaye bite the bullet and bring them all home? Clip your 'breather on and suck in a few breaths for the third book of the series, Black Matilda.