The war is over for Ensign Athena Lee. She was been rescued from her ordeal but the battle is just beginning. The galaxy as she knew it has changed over the last fifteen years. Her former government and that of her enemy combined to form an even bigger Empire. They have become all powerful with new ship designs, spacestations, and new weaponry. Just being aboard one of the new carriers makes her hands itch. Athena would love to spend several house tearing apart the engine room or even talking to the other engineers. But she can't because she has been arrested for treason and war crimes. Her rights have been taken from her and she is facing interrogation as an enemy combatant. Politically corrupt leaders rule every sector of this new Empire and the local Governor is out to kill her. What is she to do when assassins and bounty hunters are at every turn and escape is impossible? Athena and Wilson need to use the right tool to free themselves and survive this Read the second book in the Athena Lee Chronicles.