Part two of the most intense New Frontier saga yet. With the USS Excalibur obliterated and its captain gone, the surviving crew members are dispersed throughout the galaxy. For Doctor Selar, this means facing the personal crisis of fighting for the rights of her new baby by appealing to the highest authorities of the two worlds!
Elsewhere in the Alpha Quadrant, Lieutenant Robin Lefler and her enigmatic mother travel to the pleasure planet of Risa, where they encounter a genuine Starfleet legend . . .