An over-the-top New Wave science fiction novel that piles incident on invention. Ever since warp travel was banned 200 years ago, the Draconian System has been cut off from the rest of the universe. For the rich and the resourceful, there are worlds full of incredible pleasures and exotic amusements. Everyone else faces slavery or violent death. Magen is a ruthless mercenary, surviving by her wits alone, until she discovers the ancient Jewish faith of her ancestors and struggles to build a new life. But when her husband is abducted by the corrupt slavers' guild, Magen must go to war again -- to save the man who taught her not to kill.