"Prince Michael, a.k.a. Lt. Cmdr. Michael Vauxhall, died when Bert Mangum and his crew on Silverheel had to fight their way out of the Earth system. Now King Albert wants revenge. He assigns investigators to find out who killed his son, and where they are.
Bert Mangum, Elina Stavros, Chuck Pendergast, Gloria Dent, and Davian Varley are in the king's sights now, and he wants them dead.
Will they convince the king to leave them alone? Or will the king's vendetta succeed and kill them all?"