Entry number two in Sarah A. Hoyt's rollicking and popular Darkship
series, sequel to Darkship Thieves, and winner of the Prometheus
Award.
After rescuing her star pilot husband and discovering the dark secret of
her own past on Earth, Athena Hera Sinistra returns to space habitat
Eden to start life anew. Not happening. Thena and Kit are placed under
arrest for the crime of coming back alive. The only escape from a death
sentence: return to Earth and bring back the lost method for creating
the Powertrees, the energy source of both Eden and Earth whose
technological origins have been lost to war. But that mission is
secondary to a greater imperative. Above all else, Thena must not get
caught. If she does, then suicide is to be the only option.
With the odds heavily stacked against not only success, but survival,
Thena comes to understand what her cynical accusers do not: it is not
merely one woman's life on the line anymore. For it's on Earth where the
adventure truly begins. Thena realizes that what is truly at stake is
the fate of Eden and Earth alike, the continuance of the darkship
fleet--and freedom for all in the Solar system--and beyond.
