Fourteen years have transferred since he was framed for theft to cover up an imperial atrocity, and disgraced military officer Thracius ‘Tracy’ Belmanor has generated a fresh life for himself. Living under an assumed name as the captain of a small trading vessel crewed primarily by aliens, he and his team take part in both legal and illegal deals just under the radar from the Solar League specialists.

On the other end of the social hierarchy, Princess Mercedes de Arango has her own problems-the major one being having less an heir. On the other hand her philandering husband Boho Cullen provides ably demonstrated the problem isn’t him. With gossips of a coup swirling throughout the throne, Mercedes makes the eager decision to attempt a military advertising campaign and gain her people’s allegiance through a victory. But when things go badly wrong and her future is based on the hands of the person she betrayed, Tracy has a choice to make-can he ever forgive her?