She is one of only three humans on the station, the others being an old friend Xan (born Alexander Morgan) and Adrian Casserley-Berry, the official ambassador from Earth.

Among the aliens on board are the Gneiss, who are large creatures made of living rock, the Phantasmagore, and the Sundry, an insect species with a hive mind.

Mallory earns credit to buy food and accommodation by allowing the Sundry to examine her as a biological specimen.

Mallory was able to solve the crimes using an odd intuition, along with an ability to absorb detail and spot connections between people.

The series of murders ruined Mallory's life, disrupting her education and forcing her to avoid social contact.

Having made money in the only way she could, by turning her experiences into a series of successful mystery novels, she went to a scenic area known to attract alien visitors, and hitched a ride to Eternity.

The novel placed 12th in the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards[2] Publishers Weekly gave the novel a lukewarm review: "Lafferty (Six Wakes) tries to amalgamate a near-future sci-fi setting and a murder mystery plot into a breathless space adventure, but it never quite takes off.