Acorna has made peace with her Linyaari past, and is finally free aboard the interplanetary salvage vessel Condor. But dread overtakes her when a distress signal summons her with her companions to a nearby planet where they learn that the cold-blooded Khleevi race are threatening to eradicat all Linyaari and human life from the galaxy.

"Old Enough to be Used. Young Enough to be Broken. Sassinak was twelve when the raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical strength. Maybe it was her friendship with the captured Fleet crewman. Maybe it was her spirit. Whatever it was, it wouldn't let her resign...

Carialle and Keff encounter a bizarre alien race ruled by power sorcerers in "The Ship Who Won," while in "The Ship Errant," an Inspector General who believes she has been damaged by a past trauma targets Carialle and Keff.