Dazzlingspacebattles,intergalacticpolitics,androgueAIcollideinthesecondbookinthisepicspaceoperabyaward-winningauthorMeganO’Keefe.SandaandTomasarefleeingfortheirlivesafterlettingthemostdangeroussmartshipintheuniverserunfree.Now,unsureofwhototrust,Sandaknowsonlyonethingforcertain--tobeabletosaveherselffrombecomingapawnofgreaterpowers,sheneedstodiscoverthesecretofthecoordinateshiddeninherskull.Butgettingtothosecoordinatesisaproblemshecan’tsolvealone.Theyexistbeyondadeadgate--aCasimirgatethatopenedupintoadead-endsystemwithoutresourcesworthcolonizing,andwassealedoff.Togetthroughthedeadgate,sheneedsthehelpoftheenemyNazca.ButsomeNazcaareonlyinterestedinthechipinherhead--andthey’llcrackheropentogettoit.
