Mal and the crew are being paid to transport a sealed item of cargo, no questions asked. River comes to believe the cargo is ghosts. The crew find themselves troubled by hallucinations reflecting their deepest hopes and desires. Further "Firefly" fiction meets the continued interest and demand of the cult show's loyal fans.

James Lovegrove is the New York Times best-selling author of The Age of Odin and Firefly: Big Damn Hero. He was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004. He also reviews fiction for the Financial Times. He is the author of Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War, Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff of Nightmares, Sherlock Holmes: The Thinking Engine and Sherlock Holmes: The Labyrinth of Death for Titan Books.