Against the backdrop of humanity's expansion to the stars, one hotel chain has brought luxury to frontier planets and dangerous exotic locations. But with all things bright, beautiful and wealthy comes the dark side of humanity in league with its equally dangerous alien trading partners. When Private Investigator, Lucas Honey investigates a double murder at Hotel Exotica, he finds a holo-sliver that holds stolen technology capable of changing every aspect of Consortium life and worth trillions of credits. Unaware of what he has in his possession, he becomes the target of murderous dark forces that are desperate to grab the tek and exploit it before the original owners can get it back-and before it creates chaos on the Intersystem Stock Exchange. As he hunts for the criminals across multiple planets, he is sucked into a complex maze of bribery, violent threats, and multiple attacks on his life. Along the way, Lucas enlists the help of colleague, alien detective DCI Zoe Sanchez, who lobs her own personal bombshell at a critical moment of the investigation, changing his life forever-if he survives to see his future unfold.