<em><b>New York Times</b></em><b> bestselling author Diana Palmer returns with the next edge-of-your-seat installment of The Morcai Battalion series.</b><b> </b><br /><br />Rhemun, commander of the Cehn-Tahr Holconcom, has worked tirelessly to get where he isand he&apos;s not going to let any human drag him back down. Especially not Lt. Commander Edris Mallory, whose very presence aboard the <em>Morcai</em> serves as a too-painful reminder of a past tragedy he can neither forgive nor forget. <br /><br />But Mallory has secrets of her ownones she can&apos;t afford to see come to light. Frantic to protect herself, she flees, abandoning her position. When Rhemun learns of her devastating situation, he realizes the all-consuming feelings he&apos;s harbored for her may not be hatred. But in a vast universe rife with peril, is it already too late?