Cracking yarn about space pirates and an epic quest for vengeance, set in a far future where the solar system has been shattered and reshaped, civilisations have risen and fallen, and the latest is merely a new iteration. Scavengers search out Baubles, planetoids protected by shields that switch on and off periodically, looking for treasures left behind by previous civilisations. Adrana and Fura Ness, two sisters with a talent for reading the alien skulls used to communicate between ships run away from their father in search of a fortune. On their first trip out Adrana is taken by pirates and most of their crewmates murdered, sending Fura on the trail of revenge and rescue.

Marvelous space opera.