Frontier scavenger Billy Barrows has no love for the cruel Authority that rules the planet Verlorene, though his rebelling has never gone beyond a cross word or two. But when he wakes up in an Authority prison cell beside one of the regime’s most-wanted outlaws, his only option is to misbehave like never before.
Caught up in infamous outlaw Zane Slade’s daring jail-break, Billy soon learns that his misadventures have only begun. Alongside a posse of traitors, mercenaries, and misfits, Billy finds himself on the trail of a legendary treasure from the days before the mysterious Silence that left Verlorene all alone in the cold black of space.
Hounded by a brutal Authority Lawbringer and harried by savage raiders, Billy and his newfound band of wayward souls will need all their impressive talents and a little luck besides if they hope to claim the lost treasure of Highwayman’s Rest!