Nowhere to run? Smuggler Rand Faràr ejected the wrong client's cargo. Harel Larg's offered a contract on Rand's life, and there's a vicious interstellar bounty hunter ready to collect. Rand Faràr needs more than just a bodyguard--he needs the best. That would be vampire--and assassin--Drake Varna. Rand is more than willing to pay Drake's price, but is he willing to sacrifice his immortal soul? Nowhere to hide? With veteran pilot Ferda Wallace at the helm, Drake and Rand settle in for what promises to be an uneventful voyage to the planet Vansan--until their ship is attacked by space pirates. Harel Larg's got a long memory? and a longer reach. But Drake's given his word to keep Rand alive--and this contract's sealed in blood.