A science fiction novel concerning a social upheaval which threatens a rather insignificant theocratic Government on the outer regions of the galaxy. Members of the all powerful Galactic Empire arrive seeking answers to a much more serious threat; An enemy who seems more powerful and knowledgeable thanthey are. They attempt to remain inconspicuous while trying to find those tha would seek to destroy them and control the galaxy. But even more troubling is thefact that the evidence seems to implicate someone on the inside; someone who is watching and sabataging their every move.