Cassandra Kresnov is a highly advanced hunter-killer android. She has escaped the League and fled to Callay, a member of the Federation. This is a story with a cracking plot and strong characters. At its heart is the enigma of Cassandra: Is she more human than human, or is she totally untrustworthy?

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, and is threatening a blockade - or worse.

Cassandra is an experimental design - more intelligent and more creative than any that have preceded her. But with her intellect come questions, and a moral awakening. This work follows the adventures of Cassandra Kresnov, an artificial person, or android, created by the League, one side of an interstellar war against the conservative Federation.