The year is 3550. A descendant of Earth, Nadia commands the Garrison house warriors aboard a massive communal vessel that has floated in space for a millennium, with no hope for a new viable planet--until now. She wrestles with political demons and moral dilemmas in her war-driven world and resigns herself to personal solitude, when an act of fate thrusts a nameless slave girl into her life, altering both their destinies and those of every other orbiter. Space dragon adventures and seemingly impossible magic combine with bloodshed and betrayal in this first installment of an action-packed trilogy that is, at its core, a gripping love story.