Blood is thicker than water, and Zan will make sure it flows freely.

It has been a quiet two weeks since their ill-fated mission to stop a human trafficker, and the crew of Huli Jing has spent the time recovering: Zan has relaxed back into their normal routine of meditation, exercise, and intellectual debates at a high-level vin lounge; Soo-jin’s arm is halfway healed, and she’s getting ready for her first date with her favorite commander; and Bob has been flexing his growing power with new and exciting interdimensional antics.

Then, they receive a head in the mail—and one of them recognizes it.

What follows unwraps a conspiracy that threatens to overthrow the system, and they are right in its cross-hairs.


Book 2 in a new series by bestseller K Gorman, author of The Eurynome Code. It contains one snarky, foul-mouthed captain, her butt-kicking crew, plenty of scifi action, and some questionable decisions.

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