Harmon Stucco did not fall. He was pushed.
Shakbout Mansard has a new job, agent at the Theigler Public Relations Agency. He and his new boss, Lincoln are the first bottle born agents at the security agency. They are not welcome. A senior director at the agency has plans for Shakbout in the new political context on Theigler.
When Shakbout gets a message from a dead lifeform about a legendary charm fail, he discovers it is not what it seems. The ghost of the war still haunts the Inhabited Systems.
Unexpected activity by a criminal leads Shakbout to a natural born group carrying out horrifying experiments and links to a defunct death cult.
Flitton Sedge has not forgotten Shakbout. They have a very public revenge planned.
