One man can make-or break-Earth's iron grip on its galacticcolonies: Stone Chalmers. Spy. Assassin. Earth's topoperative. Schemes and plots from the colonies and the capital converge in thehalls of power on Earth itself. Stone's mission: make contact with Earthgovernment officials of questionable loyalties. Feed them falseintelligence. And at the right moment, strike. Though undercover and disguised by nanotechnology, Stone knows thiswill be his toughest mission yet. One mistake could doom Earth and thecolonies to centuries of tyranny. Though Stone has allies, Earth'stop operative alone can fight his way through a web of intrigue andbring freedom to all human worlds. Join Stone in the capital of the galaxy for the ultimate clash ofconspiracies in this, the final adventure in his complete four-novelseries.