Seconded to a military-religious order he`s barely heard of, Fassin Taak must travel amongst the Dwellers of the gas giant Nasqueron, in search of a secret hidden for half a billion years. Any help they offer will be on their own terms and in their own time. But time is one thing Fassin Taak doesn`t have, with each passing day bringing the system closer to war - a war that threatens to overwhelm everything and everyone he`s ever known.