Scorpia Kaiser has always stood in Corvus's shadow until the day her older brother abandons their family to participate in a profitless war. However becoming the heir to her mother's smuggling operation is not an easy transition for the always rebellious usually reckless and occasionally drunk pilot of the Fortuna an aging cargo ship and the only home Scorpia has ever known.

But when a deal turns deadly and Corvus returns from the war Scorpia's plans to take over the family business are interrupted and the Kaiser siblings are forced to make a choice: take responsibility for their family's involvement in a devastating massacre or lay low and hope it blows over.

Too bad Scorpia was never any good at staying out of a fight.