We are more than the sum of our labors! Transmissions from Earth that seeped through the Rift's opening in space years ago have led to a growing unrest, which destabilized Lord Commander Perric's reign and fractured Galaria's utilitarian society. Rebel leader Mala Dekk and her fellow upstarts will pay the ultimate price--the very same fate that now awaits the rebel fleet fleeing Perric's Rift. Rhet scrambles to get his ship off the ground so he may rejoin the battle, but Varseen is nowhere to be found. The earthbound space opera from the creators of Morning Star and Crush Depth continues!