On the outer reaches of the galaxy, the Verge is a dangerous place. And in the urban underground hell of the planet Oberon, life in a street gang doesn't offer many possibilities. That is, until one day a young thief robs the wrong man and finds himself in the middle of a power struggle that stretches beyond the stars. Now the assassins of VoidCorp are trying to kill him, Concord scientists are trying to use him, and a fraal mystic is trying to teach him about powers he never knew he had. Life in a street gang was a lot safer.