"Doctor Aphra and Sana Starros have escaped the Vermillion, but there's no evading the Crimson Dawn: their spies are everywhere! As Domina Tagge contends with moles within her corporation and Aphra struggles with the damage inflicted on her by a powerful artifact, the two strike one last bargain...but who can Aphra really trust? Then, our daring duo stumble upon a strange ritual--and an even stranger enemy! Surely their story can't end like this, at the hands of the practitioner of an ancient cult...can it?!"-- Provided by publisher.