11 People. 1 Ship. 500 Days in deep space. What could possibly go wrong? When Jack Warden runs out of luck, friends, and credit all on the same night, a mysterious stranger offers him a job hauling cargo on a realspace freighter. Over one year in space, with an unsettling crew he's barely met. And only a few hours to say yes or no. If he takes the job, there's no guarantee he'll ever see home again. Not that he has anything to miss. Of course, there's no guarantee that he'll even survive the trip. So begins a journey fraught with tension and uncertainty and populated by a memorable cast of characters.