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When the silver mines of M-1819 suffer a catastrophic breach, Roger Hawthorn is the Compliance Officer sent to lift the orbital station’s subsequent lockdown. The company’s reclusive founder, Petar Novikov, insists that everything is under control–that by signing a few harmless documents, Roger can be on a shuttle headed back to his pregnant wife as early as tomorrow.

The thieves who stole your heart have painted themselves into a corner... For half a decade Sheni’s been exiled from New Terra for sneaking aboard an Ark ship without a ticket. Now he wants to come home, but reams of bureaucratic red tape mean it’ll take years for his citizenship application to be approved – or denied. So when a UEC shuttle carrying one of Earth’s rarest paintings goes missing, Sheni spots his chance to get back in humanity’s good books. If there’s anyone perfectly suited to hunting down stolen relics, it’s an ex-pirate.

Blood is thicker than water. Alan’s thicker than both. Hand on heart, swear to the gods – the crew of the Silver Hart are totally legit now. There’s way more money in running a reputable salvage company than in space-piracy, and it comes with only a fraction of the risk. It’s hard to miss crawling through dusty tombs when you’re up to your eyeballs in credits and rum punch.

Talia doesn’t need guts. She’s made of tougher stuff. Copper, to be precise. Because this girl wasn’t born, but built – assembled from scrap and salvage to dazzle audiences in Doctor Tesibius’ Court of Curiosities.

No amount of shore leave can wash away this crew’s sins. Against all odds, the crew of the Silver Hart are filthy rich. So they do what any sensible bunch of ex-pirates would do–they splash out on a lavish all-inclusive resort away from the riff-raff they usually associate with. But after poachers attack their luxury yacht during a sightseeing tour, Sheni discovers an underwater community just off the coast. Unfortunately, the aquatic Plillup aren’t any more pleased to meet him than the hunters above the waves.