A young warrior's coming of age journey across space leads him to a
vitally important--and mortally dangerous--mission.
When the warrior Wanbli came of age, he cast his lot among the stars and
left the world where he'd been born. Left it, he thought, forever. His
odyssey led him to one ship, then another, and to another still. It
brought him face to face with the far-flung members of the universe's
Seven Sentient peoples. And, finally, it brought him to the colony ship
Commitment. There, Wanbli learned the true purpose of his life--a
mission so vital that it required risking the lives of everyone on the
ship and the future of his home world. His mission meant returning to
that world, but only if he could survive the deadly machinations of
those who sought to stop him.