It’s 437 IE, seven years after the Liberation. Amargosa has cast off the Compact and forged a new future within the Foundation. While on walkabout in the wilds of Lycanthia, Ellie Nardino—the Wolf Girl of the Northern Resistance—discovers a disoriented, naked man with no memory. He turns out to be Baker ibn-Aziz, the long-vanished former president of the Compact—thought to be dying, perhaps even dead.
With the Compact now under the grip of Marcus Leitman and a war still raging with the Realm, Ellie teams up with Tishla Austin to smuggle the amnesiac leader across a fractured galaxy. Their route takes them through Liberty, a sovereign citizen world where the law sleeps light and betrayal walks heavy. With JT Austin deliberately held back to avoid attention, it’s up to Ellie and Tishla to protect a man who might bring down Leitman’s regime—and survive each other along the way.
Preceded by Suicide Gambit
Followed by Jump