Captain Daniel Leary with his friend--and spy--Officer Adele Mundy are
sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local
admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous
admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a
sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion
and gunfights. With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue
intelligence officer plots the war that will destroy civilization and
enlists the help of a brute whom even torturers couldn't stomach. And,
of course, it's up to Leary and Mundy to put a stop to the madness.