 It is followed by "Sporting Chance" and "Winning Colors".Heris Serrano has recently left the Regular Space Service, which guards the Familias Regnant, rather than face a court-martial for saving the lives of her troops by deliberately disobeying the orders of her bloodthirsty superior, Admiral Lepescu, and capturing her objectives in a way other than what he specified.Cashiered to civilian life, she must make a living as a captain.