Told from the point of view of the Wraith, this novella sees the Atlantis team called upon to help find a missing Wraith queen, lost on a plague-ridden world. But the shifting tides of trust and mistrust among the Wraith and between the Lanteans and their tentative allies threatens to jeopardise the entire mission - and the nascent alliance between the Wraith and Atlantis.

This novella is set after the STARGATE ATLANTIS Legacy series and furthers the development of the Wraith culture and the twists and turns of its internal politics and factions.