Captain Kiley Michaelson and her family were lucky. They were permitted to dock their trading ship at a new diplomatic outpost on the edge of human space, in exchange for running errands for the Space Corps. Their latest assignment, was to transport the rival species, the powerful, ruthless, and utterly alien, Gan-Tir, on a long journey light-years away. As the journey begins, the gap between the species had never seemed wider. Earning the Gan-Tir's trust seemed impossible. Trusting them was out of the question....