Kia stands alone against an intergalactic empire. When everything she loves is destroyed, she wants more than survival. She wants revenge and her freedom.
When her planet is conquered and her family slain, Kia faces slavery. Driven by powerful emotions, she tenaciously pursues one goal - the assassination of those who instigated the invasion. Alone against an intergalactic empire, with everything she loves destroyed, Kia wants revenge.
Kia has joined Lord Rial’s elite guard and her feelings toward him are changing. She's shocked when she discovers the emperor’s schemes include experiments on his son. As a member of the Chenjerai, she's collecting secrets that can get her killed and if her ambition to destroy the emperor is to succeed, she must rescue Rial. But are her desperate last minute plans enough to save him?
Kia is in hiding to protect her secret—she is carrying the emperor’s grandchild. After giving birth, she must leave her daughter and resume her duties as a member of Prince Rial’s guard—even as she learns he has betrayed her. When rebel forces attack, Kia takes a mad gamble that will result in the emperor's death—or her own. A brilliant final explosive episode in a fast-paced action-packed series.