When Surka, a ruthless criminal warlord, escapes her prison pit, she unleashes a wave of destruction that ripples across Tartarus, a vital colony in an everlasting galactic war. Years later, when young cadet Tilde learns that she's Surka's daughter, will she continue to fight on the side of galactic order, or will she reclaim her mother's dark crown?
From New York Times #1 bestseller Johnnie Christmas (Firebug, William Gibson's Alien 3) and visionary artist, Jack T. Cole (The Unsound) comes a sci-fi adventure for the ages.
