When Quentin Magnus and his Freelancers are hired to retrieve the kidnapped wife of Owen Clayton from the criminal organization Black Fist, it seemed like a simple find and snatch. Then the notorious bounty hunter, Mondo Kai, seized control of Black Fist and hijacked a Galactic warship.
The simple find and snatch quickly evolves when the Commander of the Galactic Navy enlists the aid of the Freelancers for a find at all cost search with the fate of the Galaxy in the balance.