The saga from the Rêveur continues with this second novel in the Sterling silver Ships series.

The making it through Méridiens have returned to Confederation space, aided by their lately discovered cousins, the brand new Terrans. They expect a celebration after their seventy-one-year lack. Instead, they’re stunned to find the silver ships have destroyed half the Confederation.

The Méridiens are fleeing before the horde of alien ships. But Alex Racine and his staff didn’t arrive this far to run away from about Libre: A Silver Ships Novel humanity’s enemy. They plan to hunt the silver ships. But, to achieve success, they want help.

Renée de Guirnon, the first choice from the Rêveur’s Méridiens, unveils a sordid key of Méridien culture: people who defy their residence, for just about any reason, are stripped of their rights, declared “Independents,” and imprisoned on the planet Libre.

But the Independents aren’t everyone’s pariahs, especially if you’re Alex Racine and you are considering allies against the sterling silver ships. An entire colony of independent, free-thinking radicals offers just the sort of people Alex desires on his aspect, so an alliance is definitely struck.

Soon the enemy ships will swarm away the planet Bellamonde, and the competition begins for Alex as well as the Librans. The earth should be evacuated as well as the armed service force readied prior to the metallic ships assault. Alex knows a battle is normally coming, but will they have sufficient time to get ready?