Debut novel of adventure, romance and interplanetary intrigue from a fresh tone of voice in science fiction.

When her crewmate, Danny, is murdered on the colony of Volhynia, Central Corps engineer Commander Elena Shaw is surprised to learn the main suspect is her lover, Treiko Zajec. She understands Trey is certainly innocent – he was with her when Danny was wiped out. So who may be the actual killer and why will be the cops framing an innocent man?

Retracing Danny’s last hours, she discovers that his death may be linked with a tragedy from days gone by. For twenty-five years, Central Gov continues to be lying down about the mystery, even willing to go to battle to protect their secrets. Secrets that conceal a conspiracy so deep within Central Gov that it threatens most of human civilization through the entire inhabited reaches from the galaxy – and beyond.