To Alexandra, shore leave with her husband Adam is the best thing to happen for a long time and she isn't thrilled when their vacation is cut short. Adam has been called back to their home on the Confederacy's flagship, the Bell, and this is not a summon they can refuse. The large ship normally bustles with life, but now all civilians are gone and the long corridors are so empty they echo. Things take a turn for the worse when the Bell is attacked from both the outside and within. Alex's world is crumbling, and things that seemed self evident in the past become intricate mysteries she might not be able to solve. Book four in the Embarkment 2577 series.