The solar system is colonized. The Alliance, the center of human civilization, pushes out to reclaim the worlds they once controlled. Piracy, smuggling, and corporate greed lurk around every corner. Humanity begins to collide in unexpected ways as a devious plan created by Alliance operatives unfolds. Now as two former lovers are thrust back together after 7 years apart, Haden and Adrianna must navigate an ever more volatile arena in order to survive... and hopefully remain together.