Commander Rallya needs a new First for her ship, the Bhattya - ideally a skilful webber with the potential for command rank in a few years time. But the only available candidate of real promise is the mysterious Rafe, a brilliant webber, yet aloof and reserved - obviously, to Rallya's experienced eye, an aristo, and a memory-wiped Oath-breaker. With the war between the Twin Empires only held in check by the Emperor's Oaths binding them…