Description: Humanity has encountered the alien idomeni, and neither species will ever be the same. Half-human, half-idomeni, former Captain-turned-diplomat Jani Kilian forms a tenuous bridge between the two worlds. But the Commonwealth is on shaky ground-the colonies are threatening to secede, and internal tensions are poised to rip apart the Service. When a young colonial Serviceman goes AWOL, a shocking secret leads Jani Kilian back into space - to a remote colony that could be the key to the Commonwealth’s survival...or its destruction.