The accidental discovery of a lifeboat lost in space for fifty years in an uncharted system sets Captain Angelyn Kalley and the mining crew of the Virgin Steele on a collision course with deadly alien adversaries as they race to protect secrets that could change the balance of power across the Known Galaxy... A secret thought long buried in the shoals of dim space spurs a confrontation that the crew of the Virgin Steele must win, or humanity would surely lose.