Synopsis: With both Silver and Gold Fleets decimated from their Great Battle, the inhabitants of the worlds live in peace from the plundering of the space clans. But there are those among the Fleets who would return to the old ways of way against the "Grounders". And in defiance of Fleet authority, one renegade clan targets a world for destruction. Unbeknownst to the Silver Fleet, a Grounder spy lives among them. It was her subterfuge that crippled both Fleets eight years ago. And it will be her mission to thwart any alliance between the Fleets - and plunge them into a state of chaos that will destroy them completely... (from the back cover of the Ace Books first edition)