In the midst of a cold war, a graduate of the Imperial Military Academy expects to join Imperial Intelligence as an expendable field spy. While Batrisa struggles as the daughter of a dangerously unpopular Sith Lord, she prepares for her days within the Empire's undercover ministry. Little does she know that her very first assignment will indulge her with secrets of a weapon that threatens to disrupt the critically fragile peace between the leading regimes of the galaxy. Shadows and veils lead her into an investigation of the death of the senior agent Cipher Two. The investigation bodes to draw on every breath she takes to survive. Will her intent to prove herself be a motivation or a liability, or will she lose herself to the questions of moralities she must challenge? As visions cloud her mind and authorities play her like a puppet, she must learn to become the puppeteer.