Bailey is still heartbroken, working as a rum-runner, desperate to find her people and save them from a life of indentured servitude to the Coalition. When she's sent on a lucrative delivery contract to the Capitol, she's pulled into a swirling vortex of conspiracies, impersonating a high-ranking general.

When Mae's parents summon her back to Gamma-3, she is reluctant to leave her successful seamstress business behind in Bradach. Will she fit into her new role in the family business, or will she ignore her father's threats to expose the pirate city?

Overseer Allemande is pulling the strings in the Capitol - how far will she go in quest for power?