The Mechanic

SHE'S A BOUNTY HUNTERWHO CAN CATCH ANYONE. EXCEPT THE ONE WOMAN INFILTRATING HER SHIP.Captain Alexandra Ridgeway knows how to hunt people. She's built a career tracking down the galaxy's most elusive targets, bringing them in, and collecting the credits. She's independent, stubborn, and perfectly comfortable working in the lawless shadows of the sector.Then Antonia "Tony" Sato joins the crew of the Artemis.Tony claims she's just a mechanic.Nobody believes her for long.Mechanics don't handle military-grade plasma rifles with terrifying precision. They don't remain disturbingly calm when a job goes sideways. And they generally aren't recognized by hardened criminals who suddenly become very interested in being somewhere else.Then something even stranger happens.The Artemis starts winning.Bigger bounties. Harder jobs. Better results. Alex knows Tony has something to do with it. She just can't figure out what Tony is really doing aboard her ship, or who she was before she picked up a wrench.Their success soon attracts the attention of the Thorne Syndicate, a criminal empire that controls the money, moves the cargo, and eliminates anyone foolish enough to interfere.Alex wants to hit them head-on.Tony has a better idea.Don't attack the monsters at the top. Tear down the pillars holding them up.Now a bounty hunter who solves problems with stubborn determination and a mechanic who may be the most dangerous woman Alex has ever met must somehow trust each other long enough to make a criminal empire turn on itself.Because in the deepest corners of space, the deadliest weapon isn't a starship.It's the mechanic.