When Nickie follows Prince Prissy-Pants to a random, isolated location in space, what she discovers leaves her reeling. And cussing.... In the way that only Nickie can. One thing leads to another and she ends up on a mission to save a whole system from chaos. Unfortunately restoring order depends on her ability to deal with two royal sisters - each battling it out for the crown. Each for their own deeply personal reasons. Tabitha is thinking of her very young niece and what led up to the fateful moment of her third birthday. Would she be able to handle the operations Barnabas gave her and make it back in time? Or would the job of Rangering take her out of the area for too long and crush the little girl's heart? Can Nickie learn from her aunt's stories and resolve the dispute? Will she have to make the hardest choice of all - for the sake of the system? What will she choose for her own future? Find out now! Join Nickie and The Kurtherian Gambit's original Ranger 2, Tabitha, on a rip-roaring, bar brawling adventure to save the frontier from slavery, arms dealing, and the Skaine of the universe.