On Revant, the Federation holds sway. After the Federation demands the use of the wormhole that would allow their trader ships to pass through the universe faster Harrod and his wife Renée, rulers and royals on Revant, know that they must rebel. When the Federation’s harshness causes the entire system around Revant to collapse they find themselves on the run with their four sons, and on a collision course with the most deadly race ever known, the Gorlites. The family is determined to survive as they wander deeper into space, ready to do whatever they must to find a planet that they can claim as their own, a planet far from the rule of the Federation. But survival is not guaranteed, and nobody could have known the extent of the Federation’s betrayal…