The line between loyalty and betrayal has never been so fine. Chasing the trail of the woman who was once considered her best friend, Kira Forrest returns to the planet of her birth. When a near deadly incident jeopardizes her arrival, Kira will find the secrets she's worked so hard to hide bubbling to the surface one by one. Her only hope to control her destiny and protect the ones she loves is to embark on a dangerous rite of passage that may require far more of her than she's willing to pay. For a hidden menace stalks her from the shadows-it's target those closest to her. With the help of her lover and the allies she's made, Kira will have to fight for her future-and her past. A reckoning is coming. The Phoenix will have to rise from her ashes to decide once and for all where she belongs.