In a realm of constant intrigue, backstabbing and
economic decline, the saying gains truth with every given
moment.
Inspector Paul Grimm's best friend has been framed for
a murder that, technically, he did commit. Paul must follow
the trail before it goes cold to find out who's behind this
latest attack on the powerful Nathaniel family.
To clear his friend's name, Paul heads out to the
Rim where Imperial colonies sit uncomfortably close to
territory claimed by the Gray Quorum. In his desperate
race to unravel the plot, he's pulled into a web of
intrigue along with Colonel Julia Urbica of the Imperial
Marines. Julia's local, irregular troops prefer to
enforce the Emperor's peace by finding trouble before it
finds them and they adopt Paul's task for reasons of
their own.
Events escalate at every step, and Paul's mission
to help a friend is dwarfed by a threat to the very
fabric of Imperial life. He must walk the knife's edge
between peace and outright war with an advanced alien
species.
But then, perhaps war is just what the Imperium
needs. The current peace has a stench of decay about it.
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