A Rake by Starlight: Episode One ("Never Volunteer")

Politics is dirty. Piracy is just a little smudged.

Grif Vindh, captain of the Fool's Errand, is a little out of his way. Doing a favor for a friend, he finds himself in a little-known backwater system where two ships are locked in a desperate fight. Sensing opportunity, Grif resolves to intervene, hoping one or both ships will make decent salvage.

That's how it all starts. It goes downhill from there.

A Rake by Starlight is the long-awaited sequel to Pay Me, Bug! Space Opera sung a little off key...