This is space opera at its finest, packed with action, romance, drama, and political intrigue. Llyn Torfinn is a virtual orphan, once found hooked to an artificial reality machine, drugged by sensation and wasting away, with no memories and no past. Physically, she has made a long and painful recovery, but in a system at war, with a dreaded alien threat lurking in the wings, Llyn's greatest challenge may be to discover her own identity. For if she cannot come into her own - and quickly - all of humanity may pay the price.