When Peri Richardson gets stuck running her father's tabloid, "The Gotham Muse," affectionately called "The Yellow Pages," she tries to make the most of it until she can find a way to dump the rag and continue her legitimate writing career. Her plan is turned upside down, however, when her childhood acquaintance Thomas Kaine is found next to the body of his girlfriend Camille Faber. Camille's death is eerily similar to Peri's mother's suicide nearly two decades before, too similar. Her investigation pulls her back into the world of the wealthy Kaine family, who her mother worked for, and reunites her with the handsome Alexander Kaine, who broke her heart. The Kaines are members of The Kindred, a powerful religious organization with a mysterious agenda, and as she begins to try and make connections between her mother's and Camille's deaths, The Kaines and The Kindred, she finds herself in the middle of a vast conspiracy that may claim her as its latest victim...

After two dikas of peace, the United Republic of Planets now finds itself on the brink of war. The newly crowned queen of the Maraudan Empire, Mursela Mornall, is determined to return her realm to its glory days by destroying The Republic she despises, but her desire for war is dividing her people. Senator Abrecus Judi and his daughter, Dena, find themselves on the forefront of the debate, and soon their family is heading towards a collision course with The Queen that will change their lives forever. For the citizens of The Republic, this couldn't have come at a worse time. Graduating cadets Akeen and Connor Star have enough problems living up to their legendary heritage, and balancing their complicated relationship with Kayla Dylan, without being thrust into a war they do not want. Meanwhile, Major Van Dylan finds himself an unlikely hero while on a peace mission in Maraudan space, and Parnell Star, the great hero of the last war, must find a way to stop history from repeating itself, as young and old, human and non human alike, band together to beat back the specter of war.