Fujiama Hunt wants to save her father’s empire. Civilization seems to be failing everywhere. The dangerous technology that gave humans spaceflight is becoming unmanageable. A genetically engineered virus has resurrected the scourge of slavery. Every rebellious province and rogue world seems to believe they have the only true way to govern the human race. Fujiama believes there might be a solution, but it means a year-long voyage into the decaying and lost realms of the old empire. Soon the princess realizes that an alien species, which has never before cared about the human race, is taking a keen interest in her search for a planet that might, or might not exist, and might, or might not have answers