Liberty has spent her time trying to warn the people around her about imminent death. Her warnings have not always been well received, and after a stint in prison, she is offered a chance to enter the Volunteer Program. Set free and launched into space, her life as a Death Seer begins. The Nyal Imperium is the area that wants her, and she is delivered to a court world and into the custody of the duke who has other plans for her beyond having her read his death. All she needs is a slight change to her genetic code and her destiny will change forever.