Following the arrival of alien species to the solar system came the illegal business of temporal tampering, including the removal of valuables from the past, to the present—including humans. These people who are taken from history and brought into their distant future— are known colloquially as Blackouts.
One such blackout is Gina Montoya, a rookie agent for the Illus Detective and Courier Agency. In their investigation of a multi-planet narcotics ring her team has found a promising lead...
The Illus team continued on to Saturn's moon of Iapetus to raid a system-wide narcotics-ring base. They soon discovered that the radical group known as the Valkarees had already attacked the facility, killing
everyone in their way. During the investigation of the base, Gina and Seamus discovered a warehouse full of Blackouts in cryosleep.