For twenty years, my job was helping folks by putting right what was wrong, until the influential corporation got me outlawed. So, what was I thinking when I agreed to help a stranded 10-year-old girl who is hunted because of her special gift? With the full might of the well-funded corporation unleashed, space pirates in my way, armored mercenary commandos at every turn, and bounty hunters on my trail, I'd swear the galaxy itself is out to get me.

Dean is an operative for the Overlord. Tara is the agent hunting him. In second period physics, they're lab partners.