Lieutenant Linda Kay Daniels thought she was going to be able to settle down into a dull routine in the orbiting shipyard, playing a role in the construction and testing of the Athena. Athena was the first of a class of dreadnoughts, huge battleships originally designed to fight the privateers that roamed the asteroid belt. With the peace treaties signed after the Venus Rising affair, most privateers quit their criminal activities. Athena was no longer needed, so it was consigned to mothball status. After the episode with the Lost Colonies, the threat of an alien attack became a real possibility, so construction of Athena resumed. Yes, Lieutenant Daniels was ready for a dull routine. However, Linda Kay would once again be forced into saving Earth while trying to save her own life . . . Coming soon: Odd Jobs, Book 3.5 in the series (short stories)! Coming soon: Juggernaut, Book 4 in the series!