Johnny Gomez left his home on Luna (AKA the moon) a decade ago to seek his fortune on the far-flung space station Kilgore. But instead of fame and fortune, he's doing drudge work as a space station janitor, AKA "space broom." While cleaning out a particularly gross public toilet, he finds a data chit wedged in the wall and, not knowing any better, grabs it to examine later. Bad idea. Now several of the most notorious gangs are after Johnny, putting up insane bounties on him, just so they can get ahold of that chit. It's during a run-in with hired goons of one of those crime syndicates that Johnny is saved by a couple of smugglers, who offer to set him up with a ride off-station, as well as a buyer for the in-demand chit. If only they can shake their pursuers as they speed across the galaxy.
This is a decent found-family science fiction tale, with fun characters and a pleasantly ludicrous plot. That said, there are several questions that don't get answered (like why the smugglers are so invested in Johnny and who owned the chit to begin with) and a few elements that just felt kinda random. It was OK, but it's not going to be the top of my "best of 2025" list by any means. Still, you can't deny that the name and cover are fantastic.
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