One man can change the future, but does he dare? Spock, intrigued by the vision of another universe’s Federation, seizes power in one blinding stroke — but in the same instant, he sows the seeds for the Empire’s downfall. Is this a form of Vulcan madness, or the coolly logical plan of a man who knows the price his universe must pay for its freedom?
Intendant Kira’s struggle to regain her power and position exposes a bold rebel plan for a military strike against the Alliance. But as Kira navigates the dangerous road of politics, sex, and military intrigue she believes will enable her to reclaim the Intendancy, cracks form in the rebel leadership, sparking a showdown that will change the course of the Mirror Universe.
“In every revolution, there is one man with a vision.”
Armed with a secret weapon of terrifying power and a vision of the alternate universe’s noble Federation, Spock seizes control of the Terran Empire and commits it to the greatest gamble in its history: democratic reform.
In this long-awaited sequel to The Sorrows of Empire, Smiley O’Brien leads the Terran Rebellion in its valiant last stand against the might of the Alliance, unaware that his band of rebels is about to acquire a powerful new ally.