For Lieutenant Alexis Carew, it should be the perfect assignment -- a command of her own and a chance to return to her home star system.
Add to that the mysterious disappeara.
What she finds is a surly crew, the dregs of every frigate and ship of the line to pass through on the way to the war\'s front, a first officer who thinks the command should have been his, and colonial worlds where they believe a girl\'s place is somewhere very different than command of a Queen\'s starship.
For Lieutenant Alexis Carew, it should be the perfect assignment -- a command of her own and a chance to return to her home star system