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The Horizon has barely caught its breath when new orders send it beyond the edge of known space. Intelligence has traced alien technology to its source. What they find is not a ruin. It is not abandoned. And it does not intend to let them leave. Tara Holt is the only person who can understand the technology bonded to their ship. But it is changing her, quietly and relentlessly. She is their greatest asset. She may also be running out of time. Far away, an intelligence officer follows a thread connecting a terrorist attack to some of the most powerful people in the Alliance. The trail leads to the Granger Institute, a luxury resort that wears respectability like a mask. Behind it, criminals set the rules. Strangers who ask the wrong questions disappear. He has barely stepped through the door before someone tries to make sure he never steps back out.