Shrouded by its shell of drifting lunar fragments, the planet Mnemosyne is a refuge for creative artists and poets, a place isolated from the desperate, losing struggle of the humans against the Syccans.

But then COMsac, the Federation's High Command, comes to Mnemosyne, and suddenly the planet is more a military colony than a place for artists.

For Mack Tavernor, the dilemma is stark: either go along with the brutal military visitation or join the hopeless resistance and become a 'traitor'. His choice has awesome and extraordinary consequences...