Far Arena

Forced to deal with everyone's annoying obsession with his troubled brother, Amel, Erien seeks to establish diplomatic relations between his father's empire and the egalitarian culture that fostered him as a child -- before things go terribly wrong. 

Ranar could help, but Rire has demoted him without taking Sevildom's acceptance of him as Rire's ambassador into account.

Horth has staked his life on Erien's claim his foster culture can be trusted. The Nersallian fleet awaits the outcome in the wings. While Amel faces impossible choices as Rire pressure him to divulge secrets fatal to those he would protect.