Linguist and scoundrel Sean Wren is in trouble. Again. And this time, his sentence is to salvage the data of the Philosopher Stone experiments from an abandoned, long lost ship—before it explodes in a supernova.

But when Sean arrives with his crew, they discover the place is crawling with monsters. Worse, the Ministers, humanity’s greatest oppressors, are also stalking the ship’s empty corridors, seeking the same data.

Trapped and with time running out, Sean will have to rely on his wits, the monsters within, and the enemies around him to get out with the riches he was promised.