The Scourwind family legacy brought the empire towards the height of its power and prosperity and defended it against all enemies. Now one man’s machinations aim to shift the balance of power-with violent and devastating consequences.

When the trusted General Corian launches a coup against Emperor Scourwind, he hurls the planetary kingdom into chaos. To protected his state as ruler, Corian will require the effectiveness of the Scourwind name behind him, and he will stop at nothing at all to bring under his understand the young Scourwind heirs, twins Lydia and Brennan. Hardly into adulthood, the two are thrust in to the crossfire. Battling fresh obstructions at every convert, they eventually discover refuge with Mira Delsol, pirate and previous member of the elite empire forces.

As the stakes rise, loyalists, mercenaries, and political opportunists rally across the heirs in a desperate bid to unseat the usurper. But if their risky gambit fails, will the empire crumble into oblivion?