Sera Morgan, the most powerful representative of a mysterious race called the Clan, is hiding from her relatives who betrayed her on a provincial planet along with Jason Morgan, a telepathic man. However, at that moment, when her new life seems to be beginning to take an established course, the past suddenly overtakes her, cruelly and inexorably. Revenge seems to be all she has left, but when she sends Morgan to exact revenge, she realizes what a terrible mistake she has made. A mistake that, perhaps, she will still be able to correct...

Lois McMaster Bujold called Julia Cherneda the most promising contemporary science fiction writer in America.