In war, as in life, there are no absolutes, only degrees of victory and defeat. It is a truth Lieutenant Commander Victoria Welsh knows all too well. Her life, her career, and her reputation were nearly ended by a single battle that she had technically won. Serving on the battleship Visigoth was to be her second chance at life, but redemption may come at a terrible price.
One hundred years of undeclared warfare with the neighboring Bandar Empire has plagued humanity’s expansion into the wider universe and forced Earth into an uncomfortable alliance with the colony worlds of the Cragill. Now, the crew of the Visigoth must lead a dangerous gambit to bring the Bandar to the bargaining table with this new alliance. Failure will escalate the border wars into total and unrestrained warfare throughout the known worlds.