“The Council of Twelve will be destroyed.” Has Violet become the instrument of her father’s prophesy of doom for the Grand Masters? Violet and Athanor Griffin spin across the galaxy, seeking solutions to the worsening portal crisis. Failures of the interplanetary portals sever transport and communications and people will starve without vital shipments of food. Athanor devises a risky plan to flush out the perpetrators, the vicious Red Queen and her unknown allies among the powerful Grand Masters. In the inevitable battle with their enemies, Violet and Athanor must recruit allies and work together. Their worst nightmares lie ahead. Book 2 in the Grand Master’s Trilogy