Gusta and Didi are at last re-united with their children. But being confined all together on the Gate of Heaven has unforeseen changes as friend and foe are all forced to associate with one another as equals for the first and only time.For the Seventy-Ninth of the Telen'Gal, association with the enemy brings with it wisdom, and the final understanding of the error his people have made.Scyleia wants to save one of the clones that have fought so hard...

As private secretary to Li-Sen-Tot, the Tun-Sho-Lok Ambassador on Eden, Gusta knew how badly the war was going. But when the treaty her government had signed with the Keruh was broken, even she was unprepared for the unimaginable savagery that followed. And with her children lost in the city, escape seems impossible.As two mighty fleets gather for the coming battle in space, Anaxilea begins the bombardment of Eden with a heavy heart. She feels no...