P.G. LOUIS

In the neon-soaked depths of Veridia Station, one thief's biggest score becomes his deadliest gamble.

In the neon-soaked depths of Veridia Station, Kaelen Rook has made a living stealing from the powerful and selling to the desperate. But when a whisper from the shadows promises the score of a lifetime, he finds himself staring up at the gleaming spire of Aethelgard—the most ruthless corporation in the galaxy.

One job. One impossible target. One chance to buy his freedom.

But in the sterile heart of the corporate arcology, Kaelen discovers something that was never meant to be found: a file marked only as CHIMERA. Now, with Aethelgard's hunters closing in and his crew's loyalty fracturing, he must navigate a web of corporate secrets that could reshape the balance of power across the stars.

Some data is worth killing for. Some secrets are worth dying to protect. And some thieves are about to learn that the biggest heist of their lives might cost them everything they have left to lose.

A pulse-pounding cyberpunk thriller where loyalty is currency, information is power, and one stolen file could ignite a war among the stars.

A skilled relic thief with twenty years of experience navigating Veridia Station's underworld. Haunted by his past and driven by the dream of freedom.

A brilliant slicer and former Corvus Academy graduate. Her genius with digital systems is matched only by her desperation to save her sister.

Kaelen's muscle and surprisingly tactical mind. Scarred by plasma burns and driven by greed, but loyal when it counts.

A paranoid tech-hermit living in the station's toxic depths. Can jury-rig anything for the right price, but survival always comes first.