Lieutenant Wolfgang Locke, OCNI, is captured by the Affini. The first duty of an officer, when captured, is to escape, and that’s precisely what Lt. Locke intends to do. Or, at least, he would, if he could move. (A Human Domestication Guide story)

For an aging revolutionary, the arrival of the Affini means salvation for her people — but it also marks the beginning of a new fight for liberation.