Jeffrey Holt tears apart decommissioned ships that have been crash-landed in the Nevada desert. He's a shipbreaker, no one of consequence-just as he wants it. However, decades after his role in the world mattered, someone is trying to kill him. Searching for a reason, he tears into the bridge of a derelict Kappa-Class freighter and finds corpses. As he stands on the bridge considering how to stay alive, a hand grips his leg...