The universe isnt what it used to be. With the new Alliance between the Triad and the United Coalition, Captain Tasha Sass Sebastian finds herself serving under her former nemesis, biocybe Admiral Branden Kel-Patenand doing her best to hide a deadly past. But when an injured mercenary winds up in their ships sick bayand in the hands of her best friend, Dr. Eden FynnSasss efforts may be wasted.Wanted rebel Jace Serafino has information that could expose all of Sasss secrets, tear the fragile Alliance apartand end Sasss career if Kel-Paten discovers them. But the biocybe has something to hide as well, something once thought impossible for his kind to possess: feelings . . . for Sass. Soon its clear that their prisoner could bring down everything they once believed was worth dying forand everything they now have to live for.From the Paperback edition.