Jane Benedict’s father orders her to memorize a mysterious code. Within hours, he’s murdered, and Jane and her brother become wards of United Earth Corporation. After escaping Earth on the Freetrader smuggler ship, Solar Vortex, Jane discovers the code identifies a secret cargo shipment. The trail leads her to the planet Rimrock and Golgotha Prison. Undercover as a spy, Jane unearths a conspiracy that can spell doom for the Freetrader cause and the extinction of an alien race.