What does a galaxy fear? Six weeks after the Trascion Crisis, the Alliance is long dead-but its secrets are not. Taylor Ghatzi knows the truth lies within her enigmatic dreams-if she can decipher them before the Kaleknarians make their next move. On the other side of the galaxy, Cherran DeGuavra is trying to wrangle the five powers into an agreement that will open up a new era of pan-galactic cooperation-until developments within his own government threaten the foundations of interstellar order. As Taylor and Cherran battle Kaleknarian plots and Meltian politics, little do they know more than peace is at stake.