When a faulty time coil destroys her ship, test pilot Lieutenant Anaya Chapman awakens with no memory of the accident and no identity. Haunted by dark images from her past, she finds herself the reluctant guest of a local tavern owner on the Colonies - a small planetary settlement of old-fashioned expatriates with a thriving intergalactic tourist trade. Tavern owner Captain John Galeas buried his wife and then his career when he didn't return to his home planet. Rumors of John's past continue to swirl when a beautiful stranger with a missing memory shows up on his doorstep. Anaya's past is as murky as John's future. The stakes turn deadly when Anaya's true identity is revealed, and John's former underworld associates return, bent on revenge. John and Anaya must settle old business or risk losing their future-one that may still destroy Anaya's chance at a new beginning.