Fleeing Famine Across the Sea of Stars

Ling Chen, a scavenger on a garbage planet, picked up a piece of scrap metal, and the entire universe went mad.

The Stardust Merchant Guild put a two-hundred-million bounty on his head. The Ironwall Empire sent an entire fleet after him. The Alliance military listed him as a top-priority wanted criminal.

His only way to survive was to bind himself to the Alliance's Supreme Councilor.

A scavenger covered in grime, and a councilor wrapped in a bath towel.

One dared to name a price, the other dared to haggle.