About the book: 2019 / An empire liner is in disaster on the border of inhabited worlds. Having made an emergency landing on a planet not marked on the star maps, the team is faced with the threat of death. Covered in seething volcanoes, a wild, untamed planet is drowning in the blood of civil strife, torn apart by greedy lords. The captain of the ship unexpectedly finds himself in a situation where the mistress of one of the castles offers him herself as a trophy.