In a cosmos where the all-powerful Conglomerate owns the stars, Captain Elias Trent is an exile—a military legend stripped of his name, now a ghost smuggling contraband through the void. Branded a traitor, Elias learned the galaxy’s ultimate lesson: never trust, never love, just survive. But survival is about to demand a sacrifice he can’t afford. A mysterious score forces him to transport the Black Box: an experimental device capable of utterly dismantling the corporate regime. Suddenly, he's the most valuable—and hunted—man alive. His only shield is a volatile alliance: Lin, a fiercely brilliant hacker whose secrets could shatter the system, and Kael, a former corporate enforcer with blood on his hands. As they plunge into the solar system’s neon-drenched underworld, Elias is forced to confront the betrayal that ruined him—and the flicker of human connection Lin’s presence ignites. The hunters are closing in, and they're not just corporate security—they are the architects of his downfall. The Black Box holds the key to the empire, but it’s Elias’s past that will either save humanity or condemn him to oblivion. To earn redemption, he must risk more than his life—he must risk his heart.