Frank Compton didn’t expect his day to include a dead stranger collapsing at his feet. But when you’re a disgraced intelligence agent with a nose for trouble, danger finds you fast.
Now tapped by the alien Spiders—mysterious machine beings who maintain the galaxy-spanning Quadrail system—Compton is pulled into a deadly conspiracy that threatens the entire universe. His only ally? Bayta, a half-human agent with secrets of her own.
As assassins close in and interstellar chaos looms, Compton races to uncover a plot that spans twelve empires. One wrong move, and the galaxy’s most powerful transit network will become its most efficient weapon of destruction.
If he fails, everyone dies before reaching the next stop.
Next destination: Rigel. Final outcome? Unknown.
