All Max Battore has to do is find her husband, Vynn, and help him escape from prison. But the task is easier said than done. Vynn has been captured by Shynk Faids, a politically savvy tyrant from the planet Carakquas, who wants nothing more than to see him dead. Unfortunately for Vynn, Shynk's evil wish is about to come true. The Faids have always been a thorn in the side of the Conglomerate of Peaceful Planets, and now they have stripped the young captain of everything she has ever loved. Grief stricken, Max resigns from the Agency and escapes to Earth, taking the secrets Vynn died for with her. Five years later, Max knows it is time for her to finally move on with her life. Engaged to a man she is not sure she loves as she should, Max is approached by a former Agency member one evening who informs her she must return to head up a mission involving Shynk, who still has one goal-to expose the secrets Max continues to hold close to her heart. In this science fiction tale laced with adventure and deception, a young captain rekindles her passion for space travel as she attempts to settle the score with the man who robbed her of the only man she ever truly loved.