- First Class courier pilot Theo Waitley was already known as a nexus ofviolence — and then she inherited the precarious captaincy of a mysteriousself-aware ship designed to serve a long-dead trader. Now she has a trade routeto run for Clan Korval while she convinces the near mythic ghost ship Bechimo— and herself — that she wants to commit herself as the human sideto their immensely powerful symbiosis. While her former lover battles anano-virus that's eating him alive, she's challenged to rescue hundreds ofstranded pilots and crewmen from an explosive situation in near orbit around asuddenly hostile planet. Lovers, enemies, an ex-roomie, and a jealous spaceshipare all in peril as Theo wields power that no one in the universe is sure of,especially her.
- Stirring space adventure from master storytellers Sharon Lee and SteveMiller — #15 in the award-winning Liaden Universe saga.
- ISBN10 1451637985
- ISBN13 9781451637984
- Publish Date 17 September 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Baen Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English