About the book: 1997 / She was destined to rise above all others, to play with the lives of peoples and worlds like children's toys, to rewrite the history of the Inner Border, and The Outer Border, and the Spiral Arm, and even the all-powerful Republic itself. She inspired terror throughout the Galaxy. They wanted to kill her when she called herself the Soothsayer. They wanted to kill her when she called herself Pythia. Now she has become a Prophetess. And the stakes have risen...