Synopsis

To avert an unwanted union, Mira invoked a law stipulating that Fop must undergo a "Challenge of Worth." She chose the basic training regimen of the Ranger Academy. Lord Angstrom, driven by ambition, sought to manipulate events. He intended to distract Mira's father with the contrived courtship of Fop Doppler, a minor figure within the Tangean nobility, while a contingent of Tangean "Grounders" launched an attack to facilitate his overthrow. The Grounders, stocky and taupe-skinned, shared th