The Chai Makhani Trio find themselves prisoners on board the Commonwealth flagship. Now they face interrogation and possibly execution.

Elyot's mother has betrayed the rebellion. Worse than a collaborator, she serves the empress in the Commonwealth military. Elyot must get back to the rebellion and expose her.

Alextra's hopes of keeping her identity secret seem on the verge of death. The longer she stays, the likelier it gets that she will get exposed.

And Keani just wants to get her knives back.

But before any other goal is achieved, they must escape.

"The Perilous Escape” is the eighth episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.