In the space beyond ordered civilization a patrolling commercial rescue tug picked up a distress signal from an apparently lifeless cargo ship but this was no ordinary ship and a far from ordinary rescue. The rescue party included Kyle Cassidy, a young ex-con serving a space parole for a crime he did not commit and for Kyle things would be changing and his destiny set. Kyle also called "Getaway" by his friends had enjoyed his recent lack of responsibility though soon he was going to face conflict with a merciless pirate army, the threat of all out interstellar war with a mysterious alien empire, the mystery of disappearing women and ultimately a threat to the human races existence.