Rediscovered after being lost for three hundred years and suffering the effects of an asteroid strike, the world of Pharann is the site of the Terran Hegemony's newest naval base in its war with the alien Gara'nesh. Pharann's regressed but still civilized population has been targeted for exploitation. All that stands in the way of their societal destruction is Naval Intelligence analyst Lieutenant Commander Jade Lafrey. Forming an unlikely alliance...