Kare's a different man from when he last faced his mother. He knows what she is capable of if she regains her galactic Empire. Planets will be destroyed for their rebellion; she will hunt and destroy everyone he loves.He learned from when she hurt him, hoping to break him. He returns to Abendau, the city he hates, to confront her for the final time, and decide Abendau's legacy."One amazing premier novel for an author" JLDobias, author of the Cripple Mode series"The last third of the book is particularly breathless, as Zebedee tosses the ball between her several point of view characters in a tightening spiral of a plot that had me hanging from the edge of the seat" - Juliana Spink Mills, author of Heartblade"A satisfying end to what has been a fantastic trilogy" - G M Wallace