A companion short story to Absolute Zero. Before Arctica, before the horrors that stalked bloody corridors, before she met Trent and Drake, Susan Sharpe was a mercenary in love. After drifting the stars as a gun for hire, Sharpe unexpectedly met the man of her dreams and set out to make the universe a better place. But when a gang murders him, Sharpe goes on the warpath, heading out into the cold night, looking for blood and revenge...