NATIONAL BESTSELLER A series milestone as we welcome the twentieth amazing entry in the nationally best-selling Liaden Universe series The luck runs rough around Theo Waitley Not only are people trying to kill her & capture the self-aware intelligent ship Bechimo to whom Theo is bonded they’re also trying to arrest her crew members & throw the dignity of an important passenger the duly-constituted norbear ambassador Hevelin into question No wonder Theo & her crew felt the need of a break & retired to what Bechimo refers to as "safe space" Unfortunately safe space may not be so safe anymore It seems that things are leaking through from another universe & another time In fact whole spaceships are coming through One of those ships is a blasted battleship seemingly fleeing a long-lost war What’s more its crew may be members of Theo’s ancient ancestral line—her relatives It’s certain that they are in dire need of help Theo has a choice to make It seems that Bechimo’s “safe space” is about to become deadly perilous About the Author Maine-based writers Sharon Lee & Steve Miller teamed up in the late 1980s to bring the world the story of Kinzel an inept wizard with a love of cats a thirst for justice & a staff of true power Since then the husb&-&-wife have written dozens of short stories & twenty plus novels most set in their star-spanning Liaden Universe Before settling down to the serene & stable life of a science fiction & fantasy writer Steve was a traveling poet a rock-band reviewer reporter & editor of a string of community newspapers Sharon less adventurous has been an advertising copywriter copy editor on night-side news at a small city newspaper reporter photographer & book reviewer Both credit their newspaper experiences with teaching them the finer points of collaboration