Success is a double-edged sword. They needed fighter pilots for the next push in the fight against the slavers, but fighter pilots were in short supply. Shara suddenly found herself at Greg's side, training new cadets for the growing war. Practice is live combat. Survivors get to practice again...Greg's new assignment turned into a campaign to take the fight against the slavers to the source, and Shara suddenly found herself a teacher, a co-commander, the leading fighter ace in the newly named Apache Squadron, with responsibilities larger than herself. The slavers continued to step up their attempts to discover the condition of the captured base, Point Obscure, and Shara valiantly shouldered the intensifying, uneasy feelings, the increasing burden of being the only Talent that can sense their coming. Then her cousin's fighter is destroyed pursuing a fleeing intruder and Shara, the only one that could help, launched a desperate attempt to reach her before it is too late.