First print, stated first edition with complete number line. Sold as a reading copy: see pictures for flaws. Dragons in space? A preposterous legend. But when star pilot Jael defies an abusive ship?s master and rigs ?the mountain route? through the hyperdimensional Flux, the dragons indeed appear?and challenge her to duel. If she escapes, she would be wise never to return. But the currents of the Flux are fickle, and when fate steers her this way again, she finds Highwing the dragon under sentence of death for the kindness he showed her. Only Jael can intervene?and so she must, for the sake of one who risked his life to save hers. A genre-bending novel of the Star Rigger Universe, from the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity?s End and The Chaos Chronicles. Original print publication by Tor Books. The book remains in print.