Stranded on a primitive world, betrayed by her crew, facing death at the hands of the natives, hunted by drug smugglers, Captain Dace has one hope of survival - convince the Patrol agent trying to kill her that she's innocent. But on Dadilan, no one is innocent.Dace has only ever wanted one thing - to fly her own ship wherever she chooses. To be free. She has her ship, a battered freighter, and plans. But her crew has other plans, and ties to the crime syndicates. Her ship explodes, she crashes on Dadilan where the natives think she's a demon, the Patrol thinks she's a smuggler, and the smugglers? They think she's competition.Nexus Point is only the beginning. The Altairan Empire is crumbling. Thousands of worlds, trillions of people, one woman's destiny may destroy them all.