For twenty-five years, Lieutenant Commander Jilena Donovan hid her true identity as Jilena Borland, Princess and heir to the Thrones of Hayuta and Bellus, and possible heir to the Throne of Hanover. It was the swath of silver hair running through her locks of fiery red hair, hair she dyed to hide her identity, that placed her in line to assume the Thrones as it had her Father and Grandmother. Thrones they had renounced. But as an infection of corruption was creeping through the Federation of Planets, the worlds of Hayuta and Bellus were hoping for their Thrones to be occupied. Fate lent a hand in exposing Jilena's true identity and forced her to make a decision whether to ascend to the Thrones or renounce them as her elders once had. A decision which would change Jilena's life forever and the Federation. If she lived long enough.