This is the final journey of the the Last Battleship. Humanity has forced the Clicks to negotiate a fragile peace, but the foundation for the conflict remains. Leaving humanity with enemies on all sides. Amidst this delicate silence, signs grow that the conspirators around the old Harbingen have only just begun to bring their plans to a bloody end. For they have a goal that could behead the Federation once and for all: to call their brothers around Ludwig von Borningen from exile, now that the core worlds lie in ruins and the fleet no longer exists. The last hopes rest on Oberon and the crew of Quantum Bitch , who must quickly travel to Harbingen and prevent their former countrymen from destroying the hard-won peace. The Harbingen know they're coming, but Oberon has to fight if peace is to survive.