The Artemis Colony thought it would flatten the newborn Terran Federation, but Kendra Cassidy’s creation is still standing. Both sides are bloodied but unbowed six months after the first shots were fired. Realizing they can’t topple the Federation through force alone, Artemis digs into Kendra’s past and discovers a skeleton. ow she must defend herself in space as well as the courts. If she fails in either? Her Federation will fall.