Year 3801.
An unexpected battle on a far-off planet. A mortal wound. The last thing Lt. Liza Strimmer’s fading gaze caught was the hand of a loathsome creature reaching toward her face. And then—memory failed her for the next twenty years. She is alive. But who brought her back? And why has this unknown “benefactor” suddenly started a full-fledged hunt for her? What force has settled on distant Vorgaze, trying to interfere in the fates of entire planets? She will have to answer all these questions herself.