Mira Thorn has one objective: defeat the Blackened or die trying.

To succeed, she needs warships.

Two new dreadnoughts stand ready in the Frontier Company’s Martian shipyard. 

Mira must steal them before they are put into service against her.

As the crew of the Second Chance return to the homesystem, shadowy forces plot against them. Deals are made, and traps are set.

As her plans unravel, ghosts from the past stir.

When Mira learns of Tish’s brutal childhood on a colony world, she vows to find Tish’s lost mother.

How can Mira elude those who seek her demise and succeed in her mission?

Is it possible to reunite a family separated by time and light-years?