Young, untried, but a lethally trained fighter, Zelde M'Tana found herself legally shanghaied by the oppressive UET - imprisoned on a starship bound for the brothels of a mining planet. There was no way Zelde was going to stand for that - and when the ship's first officer, Parnell, led an anti-UET revolt, Zelde, joined the mutineers and single-handedly turned defeat into victory.