A fragile peace. A brutal murder. A secret that could end civilization.
Three warring worlds gather on the Nexus planet Coronade to settle a bitter dispute. But when a delegate is brutally murdered, the peace talks fall into chaos. Magdi, an empath and skilled Conciliator from Periarch, races to find the killer and hold the negotiations together.
At the same time, strange reports surface from the Magellanic Cloud, a ship long believed lost near the galactic core. The rumors speak of a powerful biological or technological discovery—one that could destroy interstellar civilization.
Magdi sees a chance to use this threat to unite the factions. But the deeper she digs, the more dangerous her path becomes. She may have underestimated the risk—and ignored a warning that could doom them all.
