Daniel has had enough as a chef. The burnout convinces him to sell the restaurant to his Sous Chef, walk out the door, and never come back. Kathra Omezi's star tribe faces poverty on a daily basis. Twenty-five ships in deep space against the entire Sept Empire. And then a conqueror steps into their lives. The Mbaysey tribe, and the galaxy, will never be the same.

Does a star-born species ever actually die out? Daniel has his ghosts, and a book so ancient that nobody but him can read it. He seeks the truth. Kathra seeks a place for the Mbaysey star tribe to be safe from their former lords in the Sept Empire. Sept commander Amirin Pasdar continues to hunt Kathra and Mbaysey down, regardless of the cost. The fate of the galaxy looms.

Daniel still doesn’t understand why he is alive, but the Commander wouldn't allow him to die, so he supposed he still had a purpose. And a book in a language nobody even recognizes. Kathra welcomes the first alien into her comitatus, a young Kaniea woman named A’Alhakoth. Together they travel to A’Alhakoth’s home sectors to find allies that might help the Mbaysey resist the might of the Sept Empire. Amarin Pasdar has decided that the only way to capture and kill Kathra and the Mbaysey lies in building his own ship. SeptStar. Strange alliances will be forged and tested in a war for the future of the entire galaxy. Be sure to look for the rest of the Star Tribes series!

Daniel must become a warrior and not just a chef. Kathra embodies her rage as a new warship, SwiftStar, with Ife and Ndidi in command and a mission to raid the Sept Empire and finally fight back. Amirin Pasdar and Hadi Rostami study the arc of empires with an eye towards eternity. No planet will be safe from their war. Be sure to look for the rest of the Star Tribes series!