Jackson ”Jax” Caruso inherited a ship from his parents. They’re dead, they don’t need it. The unification wars happened a while ago, Jax’s parent’s fought for the losing side. Now he takes the jobs he can get; smuggling, bounty hunting, hauling cargo. If it pays, he’ll do it. When Jax is approached with a job that seems too good to be true, he should have known better, he should have walked. He didn’t. Now he and a few friends are in it deep; Imperial entanglements are the least of their concerns with organized crime on their tails. Will Jax and his friends finish the job without getting caught, or killed? Only one way to find out!

It was the easiest errand in the universe. Until it wasn't… Jax Caruso is used to everybody trying to kill him. But when his adopted aunt hires him and his bio-circuit enhanced partner under extreme duress to escort her to an Imperial summit, he figures the mandatory job at least comes with easy pay. And with his sidekick’s cunning plan for a lucrative revenge-driven heist on the side, he’s ready to double-up and rake in a ton more cash… Inadvertently walking into a full-blown rebellion, the twenty-something jack-of-all-trades-for-hire does some fast-talking to avoid taking up arms. Not that he likes the empire, he's just not a joiner. But with old enemies on his trail, a new threat looming, and the burglary turning into a life-and-death affair, the odds of getting off the planet in one piece are rapidly dwindling.

It’s not polite to eavesdrop, but it can be profitable. What starts as a celebration of Jax’s grounding being lifted, turns into an Empire-spanning scavenger hunt. Naomi hates scavenger hunts. Jax likes money. Plus he's been grounded for a month and wants, or rather needs to get away from Kelso station. What’s at the end of the hunt? Ghosts. Ghosts and memories of what could have been. Do Jax and Naomi win the hunt?