Kade Rourke: Worst Smuggler in The Verse

Kade Rourke has a reputation across the Verse as the worst smuggler alive. When a job goes sideways, Kade bolts for the farthest place in civilization: New Eden Station, a rusted atmo‑outpost clinging to the edge of the Empty.

From the moment his shuttle drops out of FTL in a shower of sparks and panic, nothing goes right. The station is a maze of broken systems, predatory officials, and species who’d sell their own lungs for a handful of credits. Worse, the Pinkertons are already hunting him.

But trouble finds him first, and unfortunately, the universe hates him.