As the Linesman series continues, linesman Ean Lambert sees himself facing an alien dispatch he doesn’t understand-and a terrifying political threat he cannot battle The lines. The soul of every ship. It was once thought there were just ten, but that was before an alien vessel appeared at the advantage of space-before Ean Lambert noticed more lines singing. Ean’s ways of interacting with lines is normally strange. But his abilities make him a valuable tool-or weapon-to order. Captain Selma Kari Wang provides lost everything-her ship, her team, her legs. However the New Alliance of Worlds isn’t done with her however. After they repair her broken body, they send out her to captain one of the fresh alien ships, teaming her up with Ean, the only one who are able to understand the alien lines. Kari Wang and Ean are poised over the threshold of discoveries that could modification the world. But not everyone desires the New Alliance to control the secrets they uncover-and those that oppose won’t wait to do whatever it takes to stop them