Joan and her starship crew are in the business of slaves—specifically, rescuing as many as possible from the oppressive Empire. After dropping off their latest passengers and resupplying, Joan and her second-in-command, Luana, decide to ferry out citizens looking to escape imperial clutches. It means they risk taking on spies, but when the first meeting goes well, they decide to chance it.
But a trip that starts well soon turns sour, between problems with the ship, passengers asking uncomfortable questions, and a confession from Luana that Joan fears will only end in disappointment and destroy the friendship they've already built.
And before they have a chance to sort their problems out, the whole journey abruptly goes from bad to worse...

At the Edges is 30,000 words in length and contains no explicit content. This book is part of LT3's Solitary Travelers collection, a set of individual stand alone books by different authors that feature asexual and aromantic main characters.