Dallas Morgan has lived a life of privilege up to this point. The third son of a noble house with a thousand-year history of great and celebrated deeds, Dallas also has grown up with a father who is both a war hero and widely respected leader of their family. Add to that a life of luxury in a planetary fortress, and even an ancestral Sword-Mech standing watch outside...what more could any twenty-year old want? Turns out? Quite a bit. Dallas is restless, tired of feeling like his life has no meaning or purpose other than being a 'spare' in case something happens to his older brothers. Motivated by love, Dallas is willing to fight, lie, cheat or steal to make his own name among the stars.

But what happens if the potential victims of his ambitions are the members of the family he loves?