Rule number 1: Whatever you do, don't open the box.
Well, that's rule number two actually. Rule number one is don't take salvage jobs from people who've tried to sell you to an Antillian bug salesman.
Neara "Tink" Bell is used to a life of odd jobs and even odder crewmates, working as the engineer and all-around fixer on the cargo ship Lyra. But when the ship picks up two new crew members and a salvage job on a third-rate space station, things go sideways in a cosmic way.