Abstract:
Upon visiting the planet Ariondach, Sentar Alisamar Topec painfully discovers the Empire he has served so faithfully, as well as the life he thought he had, were not entirely established on a foundation of inviolable truth. Now, as time is running out, only a race of people he had learned to despise, and a woman from within that culture, can help unravel the enigma of both his past and future. Can he cast off the shackles deceit has forged, before the shadows of his past emerge to destroy all truths he is learning? Time can be the enemy.