They traveled billions of years into the future… and decided to stay. Nizhoni and Jonas are former time travelers who gave up the chance to return to the past to become members of the elite Empyrean Guard, the “best of the best,” dedicated to the noble cause of fighting for the freedom of all sapient species. But on their first mission together they are captured, threatening a fragile galactic peace between the Outer Union and the Inner Coalition. As war looms, the members of the Empyrean Guard are caught in a tangled web, threatening their team, the Outer Union and their lives, and no matter which choice they make, it may ultimately tear them apart.