While Seb wants to do more than earn credits for the boss, Moses, a shark, he is forced to do the job Moses gives him or watch others suffer. So Seb does it his way. The problem is in trying to protect them he alienates his team. Seb learns a few more life lessons as they battle parasites, zombies, and large creatures.
The story moves along at a steady pace and makes for a solid space opera read without being complex or intellectually heavy.