Life on the fringe comes with challenges Dante couldn’t have predicted. The small colony is growing as fast, and Dante’s role as Governor has him speaking for more mates than ever before. The rapid expansion means there’s always something new to build, another habitat to buy and install… …and the money has more than run out. Desperate to be flying, yet stuck fixing problems he didn’t create, Dante has grown more and more frustrated. With more than a few mates unsatisfied with the slow progress and lack of profit, the tension is increasing. Kit finds herself running dangerous cargo routes alone, the rest unwilling to help. The alliance’s old rival hasn’t given up. With even more of a grudge to bear, he sends Kit a nasty surprise that almost ruins her entirely. Can the fleet’s best pilot recover? Or will mutiny tear the alliance apart?