Shasti Rainhell has begun rebuilding her life at the commander of her former lover's privateer, the Sidhe. The war with the Conchirri is over, but a new threat appears rom furth in toward the galactic core as an Evolver warship attacks a Confederate world. Confederate Spymaster Mandela returns to recruit Shasti to take his team of scientists and soldiers into unknown space where she will encounter old friends, and enemies. A...