In the third book of the "entertaining" (Kirkus Reveiws) Keiko series, Captain Ichabod Drift and his crew find themselves in another mess as a ship-wide vacation leads to their second-in-command taken hostage by the planet´s criminal mastermind. After the riotous civil war in Dark Sky, the crew of the Keiko decides to go on vacation at an illegal gambling port for a little fun. What they don´t realize is that the casinos are run by an ex-client who didn´t get his shipment due to the war. The mob boss decides to take Tamara Rouke, the Keiko´s second-in-command, and hold her hostage until the crew raises enough money to pay him back for the lost shipment. If they don´t pay up in time, Rouke will be killed. Captain Ichabod Drift and his crew agree. But as they find a way to get the funds, one will betray everyone and one will die...