Everyday a child is found missing. Where are they now? Shyla Shade thought the nightmare was over when the war minister from the egalitarian Alzian Empire brought home the children from Earth. But her elation was cut short by an unspeakable crime. Her brothers were found viciously killed and a series of disappearances rip her family apart. As death knocks on her doorstep, Shade embarks on a perilous journey through time and space in order to expose a traitor and unravel a zealously guarded secret. Time is running out. Shade must find the truth or witness the start of the biggest galactic war...