Overview

Everyone wants a chance at the fiddle, but no one wants to step to the hempen jig.

The war is over, but the job never ends. The Union still needs privateer help to keep the peace, so they send the Black Flag to a border settlement. The mission? Investigate a local rough causing trouble, and remind him that the law still applies - even on frontier moons.

Chief Engineer Kay Ellis-Landon loves it - it's like stepping into a history book come to life. Captain Magdalene Landon-Ellis can't wait to get away from it all - the cattle, the stink, and the heat.

But there's more afoot than a washed up cowhand who got too big for his britches. What they find carries life and death implications - for them, and the locals. But to stop a massacre, they'll need all their wits and skills.

Or else they'll find themselves dancing that terrible last dance.