Synopsis: Imperator's Rule - kept a world enchanted, a world so secret that only the piratical slavers of Bolodo Neyuregg Ltd knew of its exact location. But now Bolodo Ltd had made a crucial mistake. They had stolen the daughter of Adelaar aici Arash, head of the top-rated interstellar Adelaris Security Systems. And Adelaar would use any means at her disposal to get her daughter back. So, with the aid of troubleshooter Swardheld Quale and his crew, Adelaar sets out to prowl the starways on a trail three years cold, a trail that will lead her to a planet of dread secrets and desperate rebellion - a land where death's shadow orbits endlessly overhead, awaiting only the Imperator's command to begin it rain of destruction. (from the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)