Captain Aruzel Kidron and his ship Magpie are the most feared combination in known space, raiding alien vessels an planets with virtual impunity. Then from the Calethar, the strongest of the alien races, comes a hero to be reckoned with - Nomelet of the Uzdar. Nomelet's ambition and intelligence threaten to plunge humans and aliens into an interstellar wart of unimaginable ferocity. Only Kidron and Magpie stand in Nomelet's way - which is exactly where the Calethar warlord wants them...Brown's debut novel.