A new life for Lady Firebird . . . <p/> Forced to forsake her royal heritage, Lady Firebird now faces new and powerful enemies. <p/> Firebird is pregnant with twins when her new husband, Brennen Caldwell, is left as the only heir to ancient messianic prophecies. <p/> Meanwhile, on another world, Firebird's sister defects to the enemy camp and is made a prisoner. Brennen's superiors ask him to try to rescue her, and Phoena's desperate husband travels light-years trying to enlist Brennen's aid. But Brennen is not tempted to comply ... until a divine dream sends him exactly where he does not want to go.