Framed as a Θ-BLACK classified intelligence memorandum from McKenzie to Freeland, this story contains a letter from Terran Lt. Gen. Misha Vostok directing McKenzie to a centuries-old derelict transport in an uncharted system. The recovered records tell the story of Lizbeth Locke and her brother Simon — two beings with extraordinary Focus abilities.
Features Lizbeth waking from death (again), Simon's manipulations, and the revelation that their parents were murdered by alien beings seeking control of their noble House.