She had everything she had ever wanted. Marinette is a professional avatar. Before her there was no such thing, so she made it up. With her cutting-edge cybernetic implants, she can stream her experiences directly to her audience, allowing them to savor everything she feels precisely as if they were her. From cave-diving the Sapphire Caverns of Arcturus to windsurfing the Mobius Rings of Vega, no destination is too expensive, no resort too exclusive. But when her ratings begin to tank, Marinette hatches a wild plan to venture out into the Maelstrom, a dangerous cyclone in space-time beyond the edge of explored space. But who would be crazy enough to take her out there? He had...