One family, two ideologies. Whose blood will pay the price?

Black Hearth. Horth Nersal is the child of a marriage between enemies undertaken to end a war. The fighting did stop, but the war of ideology continued with sometimes lethal results for loved ones on both sides. Though Horth struggles against a language impairment, he is a gifted warrior in space and on the challenge floor, where his culture settles differences among themselves. His martial genius makes it vital that he work out where honour lies in these conflicting visions of Okal Rel.

Once it is discovered that Prince Amel suffered atrocities at the hands of the despised Reetion aliens (commoners who govern themselves), the powerful House of Nersal issues a call to unite splintered Sevolite alliances in a single act of Righteous Anger. In this intricate tale of power, passion and politics, Horth must consider all odds, weighing familial duty against what he believes to be right.