Spooky space adventure! An aging smuggler persuades Patch and the Sparrowhawk crew to sail into uncharted space to salvage a valuable wrecked ship. The ship is there waiting for them—but so are the dangers of trackless space, pirate raids, warring worlds, and the menacing presence of the derelict ship's dead crew. The Sparrowhawk Born a slave, tough-talking, soft-hearted Patch is determined never again to let anyone control her fate. Armed with determination and wry humor, she and her rag-tag crew of smugglers and their gambler captain sail their old space hauler into action-filled adventures, one step ahead of the cops and the debt collectors. "Strap in and enjoy the ride. It's like getting a second life to experience a career as an interstellar smuggler!"—Douglas Phillips, author of the Quantum science fiction series.