Book excerpt: With the NEAR Alexander lost and Captain Mae Swains former Lover swooping into rescue her, the wayward band find some peace and security with Admiral Tyler. Mae begins her journey to become the guardian of destiny and undergoes the final changes of the prophecy and finds some answers about her adopted daughter’s secrets. Confiding in her once fiancée, tempers flare as Ralley struggles to understand why he can’t simply resume their relationship where they left off. Mae gathers volunteers to help her protect and guide T’varn, but with the New Earth Alliance Military hot on their tails but is it enough or will the prophecy bring them all down in flames.