Kicked out of the Relic Guardian Force, Hudson Powell has started down the path to becoming a relic hunter. Fortune awaits inside the mysterious, alien hulks found on every planet throughout the vast network of portal worlds. The only problem is, he's broke and he doesn't have a starship.

A chance encounter with Liberty Devan - a streetwise, genius ship mechanic - provides him with an unlikely relic-hunting partner. Unfortunately, Hudson's former RGF boss, Logan Griff, still wants him dead, and Griff has hired two of the galaxy's deadliest mercenaries to get him.

Fortunately for Hudson, one of them has taken a shine to him.

Fighting to stay one step ahead of Logan Griff, Hudson and Liberty discover the first new portal in a century. But embarking on a relic hunt to a new and unexplored star system, they find an alien intelligence that warns them of a grave threat to humanity.

The secrets of the alien wrecks are about to be uncovered. And it isn't good news.