She´s a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they´re found and Naira Sharp thinks she knows the reason why. The all-powerful Mercator family has been controlling the exploration of the universe for decades, and exploiting any materials they find along the way under the guise of helping humanity´s expansion. But Naira knows the truth, and she plans to bring the whole family down from the inside.
He´s the heir to the dynasty. Tarquin Mercator never wanted to run a galaxy-spanning business empire. He just wanted to study rocks and read books. But Tarquin´s father has tasked him with monitoring the settlement of a new planet, and he doesn´t really have a choice in the matter.
Disguised as Tarquin´s new bodyguard, Naira plans to destroy the settlement ship before they make land. But neither of them expects to end up stranded on a dead planet. To survive and keep her secret, Naira will have to join forces with the man she´s sworn to hate. And together they will uncover a plot that´s bigger than both of them.