The Colandran Empire struck back with brutal efficiency, occupying one of the three Families planets, and sending death squads after Families commanders, including Corey Andersen. Ambushed and injured, Corey fights back, trying to protect herself, her sib-sisters, and her new neices. But a greater challenge awaits her, the Imperial Main Fleet is nearby, poised to put an end to the Families in a final decisive battle. The Eldest of the Families Navy turns to her to lead the fleet, outnumbered and outgunned, to liberate Setosha and drive the Imperial Fleet away.