Part IV - Kat Severn turned her back on her privileged and moneyed upbringing, instead pursuing a career in the Military of the early 22nd Century Federation of America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. She has been given her first independent command a " In the remote waters of the Southern Atlantic. For a Fleet Officer with a reputation for not following the rules, ita s a posting that rapidly becomes more of an exile than a stepping-stone towards her next promotion. But where Kat goes, trouble seems to follow a " and she isna t there long before discovering mercenaries are sabotaging the navigation beacons that mark the safe-transit-routes for shipping. Whilst establishing the extend of the damage she unintentionally finds a previously unknown, but Long-abandoned Chinese military base on a remote and desolate island. A base that contains devastating technology. Technology that Kat must ensure never falls into the wrong hands.

When Kat Severn left university she had a choice, but instead of following her father and brother into politics, she chose the other family tradition and joined the military. Only a few months into her first command appointment she is relieved from duty. Unwittingly she has become a pawn in a fast-evolving political game, with unknown adversaries seeking to undermine her father, the prime minister of the early 22nd century Federation of America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Whilst waiting to be summoned for court martial, Kat's grandpa Jim gets her away from unwanted media attention by sending her on a diplomatic mission to New Zealand. With the principal warships of the Pacific Fleet despatched on a senseless propaganda tour by new political masters, the Federation cities of Nu Hawaii and San Angeles are suddenly highly vulnerable when a mystery fleet arrives demanding their immediate surrender. This time there is no choice for Kat. Assembling a flotilla of small ships and reservist personnel, she leads them in the most important mission of her career, and perhaps her last!

Part II - Kat Severn had no choice about growing up rich and privileged. When she did have a choice, she joined the Fleet of the early 22nd century Federation of American, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Her current assignment is more tha dull, but when a suggestion on how to fix an engineering problem puts her ship into dock for a few weeks, Kat is forced to return to the social scene she had grown to hate. Then a friend urgently calls for help from halfway around the world, and with a military heritage pumping through her veins, Kat is quick to come to the rescue, boarding the next available transport to St Petersburg, Russia. Despuite being fully aware she is rushing into a highly elaborate trap, it soon becomes apparent that there is considerably more to this rescue than she initially thought. Unable to escape the city due to the imposing of a travel restricting quarantine, followed by the sudden and suspicious loss of all external communications, Katis subjected to a series of extreme events as unknown enemies strive to acheive their twisted objectives.