Publisher's Synopsis
The Private Starship Arianrhod is one of a fleet of independent trading vessels operated by motley crews of merchant spacers that fly under the common flag of the Trades Alliance and tend to drop anchor in the Web, a vast network of docking, repair and marketing facilities around the free port of Merkat Three. But Arianrhod's risky trade out in the space lanes is about to get more dangerous... With attacks on shipping increasing, vessels and their crews being utterly destroyed and whole planets targeted, it soon becomes clear that there are new bullies on the block who seem intent on mass destruction. Drafted unwillingly into a war of galactic proportions, even Arianrhod's legendary firepower and maverick crew may not be able to withstand an enemy that seems to be ripping the galaxy apart...
