It is an era of artificial superintelligences, interstellar travel, gene medicine, and virtual reality worlds. Far into Earth 's future, 15-year-old Gu Ding is a student of Cerulean Military Academy by day, and tavern waiter by night. His ambition: Become the s.p.a.ce pirate with the highest bounty offered by the Universal Federation Government. With the help of Neptune, a neonate super-intelligence, Gu...