This is the final novel in The Matador series, a space opera that begins two decades after the Revolution that toppled the galactic Confederation. It has been twenty years since the Matadors helped create the violent revolution that toppled the repressive Confederation. Expert martial artists and masters of a non-lethal back of the hand weapon, the spetsdod, the Matadors are the best bodyguards in the galaxy. Now, though times are more peaceful, an unexpected attack brings the families together again to face a final challenge. An enemy out of the past wants to see the Matadors and their children dead, and it will take all their skills and cunning to survive.