Duty, revenge, love - in Jamal Battutah's universe, there's room for only two. A science fiction novel exploring futuristic conflict, ideas, and the people caught up in them. A young officer aboard an interstellar trader becomes the flashpoint of a war between two colony worlds - and is recruited into the Konstantin Navy as a hero bent on revenge. Jamal, the woman he loves, and the man stalking him from an enemy fleet all converge in a battle of warships and wits. It won't go as any expect... for Jamal is a decent man in the wrong job.