Fuel is scarce. Secrets are deadly. And the one man Lindana never wanted to see again is the only one who can save her.

Lindana Nyota doesn’t need problems. She needs fuel money, a working ship, and exactly zero contact with Gabriel Steele—the perfectly tailored disaster who once lied his way through her heart and left her with all the emotional damage of a hull breach.

Unfortunately, Alliance Command has other plans. Gabriel is assigned to the Mombasa, and suddenly the crew gets hit with sabotage and a privateer job that turns into a rescue operation that nobody saw coming. The deeper Lindana digs, the uglier it gets: secret prisoners, pirate attacks, and a mystery so explosive it could turn the whole crew into wanted criminals.

Now Lindana has one shot to keep her people alive, her ship in one piece, and her pulse from betraying her every time Gabriel opens his mouth. If she fails, the Mombasa won’t just lose its marque—it may lose everyone aboard.