Aboard the Rogue Trader’s voidship on official Ordo business, Heinrix van Calox finds himself at the ever-infuriating mercy of ex-pirate smuggler Runa von Valancius. After seemingly endless months of constant bickering, persistent spying, and two very real threats of disposing of the Interrogator through an airlock, Heinrix finally snaps — leading them both into a precarious position from which there is no return.