Betrayed off the Corporate fast track and facing lifelong indebted service, Jamet Reals accepts the first assignment that lands in her favor: A posting aboard the starship Kipper. Only to find out once aboard that the ship and crew have nothing in common with the backroom deals and Management sabotage that defined her earlier life.Disdained by the crew and reduced to copiloting a starship, the situation grows tense when a trip to nearby system results in catastrophic damage and the discovery of an invading force. One strong enough to destroy stations, cripple warships and consume entire worlds... and with a bad habit of following victims homeward.With the fate of survivors and the Corporate Worlds resting on her and crew, Jamet struggles to destroy a corrupting alien force while overcoming the worst excesses of a twisted system. And, just perhaps, come out of it as a better person.Singularity travel, dystopian systems and implacable alien menaces combine with unethical worldviews in a bizarrely unique take on what Humanity's place in the universe may ultimately become... and how we can always rise to a challenge.