From the author of the Amazon series "Sojourn" comes the next installment in the exciting space opera series. After Countess Toni's surprise assault on the Republic with the reborn Sunangel Empire, war has come to the Local Group. A sudden betrayal brings the war to the heart of the Republic, and places the Republic on the losing side of a territorial land grab in the Mid-Rim. Using his newfound authority as Supreme Commander of the Republic Legions, Munraito leads his Legions and his allies in a campaign of conquest and reclamation against the Sunangel Confederacy, while never losing sight of his ultimate goal. Great change is coming, however. The ascension of a shadowy figure known only as "Hierophant" will change the shape of the Republic forever.