Sword and the Cypher

Nacen Buhari has returned from a long trade voyage to discover his family's fleet in ruins. The young Stevari trader is likely next on the perpetrator's list unless he can find out what became of his homefleet. Nacen and his crew must make unlikely allies and travel the countless worlds of the great blue sun to locate the survivors, if any indeed exist. When they finally reunite in the crucible of battle, Nacen discovers the fate of family and worlds lay poised on the edge of a blade.