The fourth Ringo novel in the futuristic Council War series that began with There Will Be Dragons and continued in Emerald Seas and Against the Tide, takes his one-handed hero Herzer Herrick into space where he must fight in zero gravity to save the woman he loves and their world. The war between the two factions that caused the Fall, the disintegration of the world they had known, continues. This series blends fantasy abetted and supported by AI and science into a rich world. The role of "Mother," the AI that controls much of the world, remains ambiguous.

(Source: Baen)