The drums of war thunder across the stars .

The ultimate negotiations between your Silstrand Alliance as well as the Scipian Empire are complete, and it’s time for Tanis and Sera to part ways.

Sera must return to Khardine, where new issues await, and preprations for the march on Airtha start. Meanwhile Tanis turns toward the Praesepe Cluster. There, a handfull of interstellar nations hold out against the encroaching Nietzschean Empire. Sera’s Hands agents are certain that the Nietzscheans are backed by Orion, and Nadine is usually sent in forward for connecting with agencies in Septhia before the I2 arrives.

Tanis and Bob have an additional goal. They want to learn more about the technology that Peter Rhoads utilized to regulate his fleet. Technology that had its roots in the previous Genevian Alliance, and could remain in a group of mercenaries known as the Marauders.