Moire Cameron ran to protect her secrets -- ran to the heart of an interstellar alien war. Her fellow mercenaries care only about her fighting skills, not where -- or when -- she got them. You'd think that would be good enough...



But a false name and fake ID can't conceal her dangerous lack of contemporary knowledge, and they won't help fulfill her last order, given by a dying man eighty years ago. To do that she must find a reason to live again. A cause worth fighting for, comrades to trust, and a ship to sail the stars.



A tale of adventure, survival,...

Everything works on Raven--unlike some ships Moire Cameron crewed on. No excuses left. Somebody created Alan, an eight-year-old boy in an adult body, and she needs to hunt them down and stop them. But can she destroy the facility and rescue the other created children? Or will she need to choose?

Nobody mentioned notorious space pirates worried about housing issues, but Moire Cameron must plan for enemy attacks--with even more people to protect than her crew. Increasingly desperate as her options vanish and Toren closes in, can she refuse any alliance? Even with the enemy? The triumphal, action-packed conclusion to the Sequoyah trilogy.