For the powerful, there's always someone who wants your help. Diplomacy is the bane of Bud's life these days. As riots rage across the Human Federation space, what he'd been told on Sanctuary accelerates. Everyone wants his help. The consequences of losing your temper for a moment grow with your power. But is this a good thing or bad? Only time will tell, but suddenly everything seems to be happening at once. There's a galaxy outside of sector ten, and only one person who can deal with what's happening out there. Now, he's Shiva's Spacemage.