Former Commander Teresa Drazeski, a mother of three, is called back into service and sent to the Erasmus system, ostensibly to investigate the murder of her colleague and friend Bianca Fayette. But the very fact of Bianca’s death is questionable, since the security guard was immortal. Erasmus was considered a hotspot, a world of smuggling, espionage and slavery, and Teresa is plunged into the maelstrom of betrayals of a hopeless society in which lies a terrifying secret. And perhaps Teresa, who sacrificed her family and sanity to prevent war, will need to make the ultimate sacrifice...