Amazon.com description: Product Description: The crew of the Wolf's Claw are enjoying some well-deserved rest -- except for Blackhawk. This space-gun-for-hire cannot escape Lucerne's relentless pleas for help against growing imperial control in the Far Stars. His resistance crumbles when Lucerne presents evidence that the imperial governor is manipulating the conflicts in the Far Stars. But deep in its territory, he discovers that the imperial governor's machinations are far reaching -- and threaten the independence of every world this side of the Void. A man seemingly running from himself, Blackhawk realizes he can no longer remain a prisoner to his own past while the future of the Far Stars is in jeopardy.