Licking his wounds and harbored in an ex-pirate’s secret lunar base, what’s left of Dante’s crew and the alliance is in a similar position. Dante feels like giving up. He failed to protect his people, but if he admits defeat now he’s showing them that the pirates and all those like them will always win. No one ever said life on the fringe would be easy. No one realized how far the pirates would go to prevent their dreams of a better life from becoming reality. Is the small spark of fight left inside them enough to take Corsera back? Kit is broken and unsure who she can trust. She struggles to put herself back together and dare to do what she needs to most: fly. But Dante is still there, and he represents safety in a way she’d never appreciated before. Can she rebuild herself and his confidence all at the same time? Can the Xeartais become great once more?