After surviving the Grojan war unscathed Varna was haunted by the memory of a human who had spared her life, and a mysterious casket she had found in a derelict ship. On the run from bounty hunters for a crime one of her crew committed. Varna becomes embroiled with a secret Grojan faction to overthrow a corrupt and failing Grojan government. Can her link with the human, the casket and the gathering rebellion be reconciled before dark forces within the Grojan government silence her forever?