Cole Riker is a Slip Runner。

A contractor tasked with finding alien salvage in exchange for credits。 For an ex-smuggler like Cole， there’s a catch: don’t break the terms of parole。 That means doing things by the book。

Find salvage， turn it in， get paid。

But everything changes when a retrieval mission lands him in a previously unknown sector。 There， he finds the material he’s been sent to recover， along with something more。。。

A brand new form of ancient alien life。

Such a thing could change the entire Alliance， the Galaxy， and everything between， but most of all， it could change Cole's life for the better。

A shift in humanity’s future is at hand and Cole is the one holding the key。 He just has to survive long enough to use it。