For years he wandered alone in search of work, digging in the dark corners of the galaxy for pain and suffering ignored by the Healing Order. Then the terraformers hired him. Sure, their reputation as brutal fringe dwellers recommended against it, but the work was easy and the pay outstanding. So he was told. Soon enough, he realized that he had hired onto a dirty mission, and he'd be lucky to get out alive. But death wasn't the worst outcome. The secret power of healers had awoken in him, and now he faced a struggle against his phantom limb of power––a forbidden power that threatened to destroy him.