As a New Year begins in Bath, Ben Brace proposes to his long-term girlfriend, Caroline. The problem is that she's the daughter
...
Two years after the unhatching of Callayan President Neiland's plot to make the capital city of Tanusha the center of the Federation, Callay is under siege. A powerful faction of conservative Fleet captains has surrounded Callay, at Earth's behest, & is threatening a blockade
- or worse.