She's brave, crazy, dangerous... and your best shot at crossing the galaxy alive. For once, things are going well for space smuggler Shaen Morris and her sentient ship the Belle Starr. Which should have been her first clue that something was about to go very wrong. When an anomaly in the Passage causes all transportation in the galaxy to grind to a sudden halt, she is forced to help out an old adversary - and put an old friend in grave danger. Shaen could uncover the secret to what created the Passage, and why it drives humans insane. But what will this ancient knowledge cost?