New York Times bestselling author William Lashner returns with a brilliantly twisty tale that probes the dark side of the law and man. Unlike the rest of you, I cheerfully admit to my own utter selfishness. I am self-made, self-absorbed, self-serving, self-referential, even self-deprecating, in a charming sort of way. In short, I am all the self's except selfless. Yet every so often, I run across a force of nature that shakes my sublime self-centeredness...

Welcome to the Kwa system, where the light of three suns falls upon twenty worlds, and a giant cloud nebula dominates the skies.Where Will is just trying to make a living - until someone pushes him too far.Where everything and everyone can be bought and sold......until now.Ex-smuggler Will scratches out a living piloting a deep-space fishing boat over the vast sea of dust, but trouble is stirring in the outer reaches of the system and soon Will and...

Alex investigates the death of a prostitute killed by blunt-force trauma to the head. Tony reconnects with an old friend at a psychology conference, but when she turns up murdered the next day, he becomes the prime suspect.