Twenty-sixth story in the Wine of the Gods Universe. A novel of crossdimensional diplomacy.
Captain Xen Wolfson of the King Own is a powerful wizard and an accomplished spy. But can he pull off a diplomatic coup and get the Earth and the Empire of the One to talk instead of fight? And whatever his hopes of stopping another war across the dimensions, it looks like he's also going to have to stop a crossdimensional criminal gang at the same time.