The Xill owe Yvian a planet.In six months Yvian will be the proud owner of her very own habitable world. Her dream of building a nation has never been closer.There's just one problem. Yvian's mad scheme has attracted attention. Yvian will have to deal with man-eating Vrrl, the slaving Confederation of Worlds, and the genocidal Xill. And something else. Something worse.There's a hidden player, a phantom menace behind the scenes. The Xill are afraid of it. The Confederation is its pawn. And the humans?The humans are hunting Yvian.