An ancient starship drifts in an ethereal nebula. The dragons want it. A revolutionary faction needs it. We're doomed if either side prevails. After fleeing from the Taxah sector, Captain Foster and the XSV Johannes Kepler venture to the Radiance Union, the location of the one person in the galaxy that can heal a mortally wounded crew member.A revolutionary cult in the Union has other plans, presenting Foster as a sacrifice to their deity. And then...