Admiral Kris Longknife has enjoyed her desk job - for five full years! She hasn't dodged an assassination attempt from the Greenfeld Empire for nearly four. Still, the attempts on her life are getting more and more frequent. Huh? Then, after one very bad day of budget fights, Kris comes home to find someone she never expected to see, certainly not in the foyer of Nuu House! Not playing with her kids! He has a job offer for Kris! A job everyone wants her to take. Kris thought she'd done everything, but here's something entirely new!
Kris Longknife has discovered that this desk job is not at all what she expected. Being desk bound hasn’t even decreased the number of assassination attempts! Then Kris gets home to find her two kids playing with an Iteeche. Ron has come back to human space with a request. Should Kris honor it? Can she finally get some straight answers for her Grampa Ray, King Raymond to most? Does she risk taking the kids into a situation with a whole lot of unanswered questions? Oh, and what can go wrong? Kris know something will go wrong. Something always goes wrong.
