BEING HUNTED ACROSS THE GALAXY? FINE.
BEING HUNTED BY YOUR OWN BRAND? LESS IDEAL.
The crew of The Meridian are broke, infamous, and on every bounty board in three sectors. But when a new bounty goes live—offering triple the usual reward for any ‘known associate of Captain Rask,’ preferably captured in humiliating circumstances—even they think it sounds personal.
Worse? Bounty hunters start turning up armed with custom trauma triggers and disturbingly accurate cosplay. One claims to be Rask’s ex. Another claims to be Rask. A third demands royalties for the memoir he ghostwrote.
As Lyra investigates a hostile financial claim on their ship, and Kevin livestreams a surrender-turned-dance-off, Milo discovers the truth: bounty markets have become hedge-fund derivatives… and someone’s shorting their survival odds.
To stop a hostile takeover of their lives, their ship, and possibly Earth, the crew must infiltrate a floating bounty citadel, confront a sentient spreadsheet, and outwit an algorithm that may or may not be Rask’s brother.
The price on their heads is going up.
Shame no one can agree who they actually are.
Genre: Science Fiction
BEING HUNTED BY YOUR OWN BRAND? LESS IDEAL.
The crew of The Meridian are broke, infamous, and on every bounty board in three sectors. But when a new bounty goes live—offering triple the usual reward for any ‘known associate of Captain Rask,’ preferably captured in humiliating circumstances—even they think it sounds personal.
Worse? Bounty hunters start turning up armed with custom trauma triggers and disturbingly accurate cosplay. One claims to be Rask’s ex. Another claims to be Rask. A third demands royalties for the memoir he ghostwrote.
As Lyra investigates a hostile financial claim on their ship, and Kevin livestreams a surrender-turned-dance-off, Milo discovers the truth: bounty markets have become hedge-fund derivatives… and someone’s shorting their survival odds.
To stop a hostile takeover of their lives, their ship, and possibly Earth, the crew must infiltrate a floating bounty citadel, confront a sentient spreadsheet, and outwit an algorithm that may or may not be Rask’s brother.
The price on their heads is going up.
Shame no one can agree who they actually are.
Genre: Science Fiction
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