A mysterious crystal and a dead amateur archaeologist plunge Kynan Craig and Ganet IV once more into danger and galactic intrigue. When the Patriots receive a garbled communique from tenuous allies on the planet Raklin, Kynan and Ganet are dispatched to stop an Imperium takeover. A renegade desert prince and a hired assassin from Kynan's past complicate matters, leaving the Patriots unsure who is the real threat to the Vori home world. Before there was Star Wars, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers traveled the universe.The Golden Age of Science Fiction focused more on characters and stories than hardware and technology. So if you like swashbuckling adventure set in the far reaches of outer space where heroes were made of sterner stuff and heroines had brains as well as guts, dive into a brand new universe with a familiar feel."