A fast paced ride in planetary deceit and intrigue Highly decorated Retrieval officer DALIN SEVEN contracts the very disease of the people that he has spent more than a hundred years imprisoning. Determined not to be banished to Earth or put into suspended animation waiting for a cure, Dalin begins a personal crusade against the most powerful organization in the galaxy. With the unwitting help of his frequently inebriated best friend and subversive girlfriend, Dalin discovers his entire life is a lie and the disease that cripples him would change him and his world in ways that nobody could have possibly imagined . and nobody could stop.