Outlaws - Volume 1 - The Cartel of the Peaks

Kristina Swany, a rebellious young Human, discovers the hidden side
of the Intergalactic Confederation – crime, misery and corruption.
She will have to carve a place for herself in the shadows. The first
volume of an Orbital spin-off. 2279. A freighter arrives on planet
Drenn, with its hidden cargo of illegal immigrants, including young
Human Kristina Swany. Like the rest of her travelling companions, she
seeks a new life, a new start … but what awaits them is slavery, at
the hands of a merciless criminal cartel – the supposed price for the
last leg of their journey. Left with no choice, Kristina and the
others must do dangerous work in atrocious conditions, and soon begin
to suspect there won't be a last leg …