Lord Jester Lark President Rohn Evan's term is in its summer hours, and the war seems far away. Lord Jester Lark's greatest concern involves finding more time to spend with his lover and their adopted daughter. Then the ships come. A massive fleet opens fire on Perida Bay, and an ambush lies in wait as Lark races home by starlight. Verai He's a long way from jeweled, cultured Saphir, among scarred soldiers and rough-handed fishermen who mutter about...