The worst has happened: Fleet is tearing Itself apart. Some of themutineers see injustice in the unequal spread of the rejuvenation drugs thatoffer virtual immortality to the rich; others are simply thirsty for power, orfor blood. The Loyalists, meanwhile, fight desperately to preserve the rule oflaw In Familias Regnant space.

But when Esmay Suiza-Serrano Is unceremoniously booted out of Fleet, theapparent victim of Family politics, she has no Idea of the whirlwind of conflictInto which she is about to be drawn. As the noose tightens on galacticcivilization, great battles will be fought and greater loves affirmed ... andold friends will meet their destinies.