When I catch my neighbor trying to steal my cat, I do what anybody would do. I hit him with a spade. That's when I discover my mild-mannered, cute, but boring neighbor is actually an alien. With fur. And claws. He doesn't work in finance, either. He's an interstellar bounty hunter. According to him, I've been aiding and abetting a fugitive in the form of my cat, Mr. Tiddles. When I refuse to give Mr. Tiddles up, I find myself dragged before a merciless alien court. I have no chance of beating the charges, and the sentence is not what I expected. I become the bounty. I become his chain-kept. I become the alien's kitty.