An assassination forces Sparker to face his past ...After fifteen years, Sparker is compelled to return to the family that he abandoned and a past he preferred to forgot. His return opens the door to the complexities of power behind the aristocratic families that rule the Commonwealth Empire.Why is his family being implicated in the assassination and will Sparker be able to prove his family's innocence? And, who are the real enemies lurking behind the unspoken empire?