The Trading Company has become the most omnipotent entity in the Journey Sector. Through a vast network of commerce, it spreads wealth and progress to new worlds. Howard Whitman was born to inherit this power - to become an executive like his father and guide the people of Erda into a new age of empire. Yet, he's never wanted anything to do with the company. All he's ever wanted was the power to be free.
Now Howard faces a deadly choice, one that will drastically alter the course of his life...and perhaps the entire Journey Sector.