Tangent Channel

It's been over ten years since Simon Almeida began running nigh-invincible alien behemoth Tangent Channel in the planet Veci's bloody tournaments. His big break is in spitting distance, but a run of bad luck and worse choices have left Almeida with unhappy sponsors, a pile of debt, and the enmity of powerful criminals . . . and Tanchan has begun to die. Almeida's last chance is Vivian DuVerger, refugee from a dying Earth, whose biotechnological prowess might give Tangent Channel a final push and a winning edge. DuVerger's own troubles run deep, however, and it isn't long before she and Almeida run afoul of corporate assassins, murderous gangsters, and a sinister conspiracy bent on preserving Veci's way of life--at any cost.