When a starship doctor's daughter uncovers troubling secrets from her past, she must race to outrace mutineers and madmen to save her father's sanity, her ship's safety, and her own beloved way of life.

The Surveyor’s new mission to return to Kainus Ge and negotiate a treaty with its ruler has Andi excited at the prospect of seeing Elasson again, but the arrival of a legalistic attorney on the ship threatens to once again turn her way of life upside down.