"Scorpia Kaiser has always stood in the shadow of her older brother, Corvus, until the day he abandons their family to participate in a profitless war. However, becoming the heir to her mother's smuggling operation is not an easy transition for the always-rebellious, usually reckless, and occasionally drunk pilot of Fortuna, an aging cargo ship and the only home Scorpia has ever known. But when Corvus returns from the war and a deal turns deadly, Scorpia's plans to take over the family business are interrupted, and the Kaiser siblings are forced to make a choice: take responsibility for their family's involvement in a devastating massacre, or lie low and hope it blows over. Too bad Scorpia was never good at staying out of a fight."--Back cover.