‘Just once Let me fly right into a program where everyone doesn’t want to kill us.’

Tanis Richards has spent half her life over the Intrepid, guiding the great colony ship, and its own two million people, across a huge selection of light-years. She’s risked lifestyle, limb, and those dearest to her to understand this far.

Now she’s within reach of her objective; the New Canaan Program, and a normal, stable life. The type she’s only wished for. The only staying hurdle is normally to hit a deal with the Transcend Alliance and trade the Intrepid’s advanced technology for the superstar system.

If only things were so easy. The Intrepid’s introduction has upset the delicate balance of power between the Transcend, the Orion Safeguard, and the Internal Stars.

Everything Tanis has ever hoped for is at risk seeing that she fights to construct the colony of New Canaan amidst the looming specter of war.