After the death of the Tuolon Ambassador
Lagua and the failure to bring
the non-humanoid worlds into the Alliance, Sillow and
Brok’s long partnership is
finally at an end. Now a reluctant solo agent, Sillow is
called upon to undertake his
first mission, investigate the Tower, a high- tech prison
complex along with the
oligarch who runs it, a mysterious nobleman who calls
himself Tamerlane.
Seeking evidence to prove Tamerlane is responsible for a
series of terrorist attacks,
Sillow quickly uncovers the sheer scale of his plans, a
lethal military strike on all
four humanoid home worlds.
Caught and imprisoned however, the Sylvan finds himself
helpless to warn the Alliance
of the coming danger. All the while, something has been
evolving, growing stronger
inside the Tower, something intangible yet far more
dangerous than Tamerlane ever
could be, a being implacably opposed to all life in the
galaxy.