"McGinnis has pulled another rip-roaring page-turner out of his hat，" Ben Strat

After the recent near-destruction of the USS Hamilton， Captain Galvin Quintos has been lying low， getting the USS Jefferson ready for service。 In the midst of refurbishing the vessel， he gets a call for help from his former XO， new starship captain Gail Pristy。 The Varapin have lured the 9th Fleet into a devious trap， and it’s not long before Quintos has his orders to hurry to the rescue。 But the Varapin have a colossal new warship—one that puts anything the US Space-Navy has to shame。 Even after Quintos assembles a crew， he’ll still need to pull a few rabbits， along with a few Symbio Poths， out of a hat to have any chance of surviving the coming battle。 And Quintos’ one last hope—reuniting with a past enemy—may prove as dangerous as fighting the Varapin themselves。