About the Book
While the Republic of Cinnabar is at peace with the
Alliance, warriors like Lt. Daniel Leary and Signals Officer Adele
Mundy must find other work — like escorting a pair of wealthy nobles on
an expedition to the back of beyond! The Princess Cecile, the corvette
in which they carved their reputations in letters of fire, has been
sold as a private yacht, but she still has her guns, her missiles, and
her veteran crew.
Daniel and Adele will need all of those things as they
face winged dragons, an Alliance auxiliary cruiser, jealous lovers, and
a Mysterious oracle which really does foresee the future. That won't be
enough, though, when they penetrate a secret Alliance base and find a
hostile fleet ready for a war that will sweep Cinnabar out of a
strategically crucial arm of the galaxy. Preventing that will involve
skill, courage, and more luck than a sane man could even pray for; and
it will require a space battle on a scale that a tiny corvette like the
Princess Cecile has no business being involved in.
But she'll be in the middle of it anyway, because Daniel,
Adele, and their Cinnabar crew would never turn their backs on a fight!
