A damaged ship, a dying shipmate-can she save them both? Under attack! The flight back to Hyvilma should have been the easy part for the crew of the Majera-until a deadly ambush by pirates sends them reeling through hyperspace. Now getting to the planet in time is the only way Captain Kitra Yilmaz can save her dying friend. But landing at Hyvilma may be impossible: war has broken out on the Frontier.