After
escaping from pirates with an emperor's ransom in loot, young Alec Horn takes
refuge in a roving collective of space stations and massive starships called
New Frontier. A freewheeling neutral territory, New Frontier is an ideal place
for him to regroup and outfit an expedition to rescue the colleagues captured
along with him. For Alec is actually Alec von Hornet, noble son of the noble
house of Hornet, military leaders of the Nastasturus Federation. He's already
managed to rescue Alexa, the pirate girl he's fallen for, from the clutches of
the notorious Zoris af Sun—an artist of questionable and downright
cannibalistic tastes.
But
Alec has made immensely powerful enemies, who will spare no expense to destroy
him and recover what they consider rightfully theirs. Along with fleets from
Nastasturus and the rival Florencian Federation, three massive pirate armadas
descend like locusts upon New Frontier, triggering a cataclysmic battle.
Crippled
and flung deep into space by an explosion, Alec's ship becomes the quarry of
every bounty hunter, news agency, pirate, pirate hunter, and government in the
sector. His fate hinges on who finds him first...and whether that person is
swayed by the record-setting bounties offered for Alec's head.
Meanwhile,
the voice of Nastra, the universe, is speaking again to Alec—as well as
to his shadowy enemy, the inhuman Marquessa de la Hoff. But there can be only
one Listener—and the Marquessa is willing to trigger universal war to be that
One.
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