Justinia Strong and Andee Dark are among the elite law enforcers on Cap Esmay, a colony station at the very edge of human occupied space. They are tasked with the investigation of a starship—carrying over three-hundred new colonists—that has arrived at their docks with life-support and all other primary functions seemingly offline. In other terms: a ghost ship. What they find onboard will dig up painful memories that Andee had wished to remain buried forever and Justinia will have to save the young protégé from tumbling back into the dark pit she escaped from nearly a century ago.