Humanity depends on the star bridges. Hallam Knight must tear them down. Hallam Knight is a Bridge Runner, one of the few people brave and stupid enough to crew armored tankers that travel between the Bridge Worlds and the Centrum, the galaxy's only source of Randenite fuel. As the galaxy's rarest and most valuable commodity, Randenite maintains the interstellar network that supports billions of lives across a dozen worlds. Without it, civilization crumbles. Then when a bar brawl with infamous mercenaries, the Blackfire Squadron, almost costs him his life, Hallam is placed at the mercy of the Darkspace Renegades and their mysterious leader. The Darkspace Renegades are anarchists and outlaws committed to destroying the bridge network. Or so Hallam thought. Now, he knows a terrible secret, one that forces him to make an impossible choice. To save humanity, the bridge network must...