Fox is back - a little older, a little wiser, but still out of his depth. The son of the Confederation's foremost upholsterers and shipfitters, and a former colleague, is being held for ransom. The family has already paid once and Norvin hasn't been released, the government won't do anything, and Norvin's daughter is on the warpath! Using her family's extensive funds, she has bought the meanest, deadliest ship she can find and needs a pilot to pursue the kidnappers and retrieve her father. Can it really be that straightforward? Of course not.