Sharpshooter Hank Nebula has just taken an unusual job-to locate and return home teenage runaway Lux Phendra. Unusual for a bounty hunter, true, but the pay would be enough to set him up for life.
But the Phendras hide many secrets and tracking down a kid who can singlehandedly massacre a whole battalion was never mentioned in Hank's job description. When alien encounters can turn deadly on a dime, how will this space cowboy survive and complete this impossible mission?