Chris Jennings is an intergalactic food snob who enjoys a good cocktail at a space lounge after work. He’s a border pilot, member of an elite group that protects the Republic from vicious drug smugglers. Jennings is pretty good at his job – when he’s not fantasizing about opening his own space lounge. In general life is pretty good for Jennings. He works hard, he plays hard, he has a weird little alien pet who keeps him company while he busts smugglers. But when Jennings stumbles onto an enormous hidden smuggling operation his life is turned upside down. Now he is careening across the galaxy on a psychedelic odyssey to restore some semblance of order and protect himself. As he unravels clues, Jennings must make new allies and rewrite all the rules – and stay alive.Meanwhile, across the galaxy a young drug smuggler begins the search for his father. His journey will bring him to the mysterious figure who has plunged the Republic – and Chris Jennings’s life – into chaos. The fates of these haunted characters, both man and boy, will mirror the fate of this troubled galaxy.
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