This SciFi adventure's primary conflict is within the protagonist. Tuller Hobart the seventh is heir to a vast mercantile barony. Circumstances generate profound moral and emotional conflicts within him compelling life altering introspection. With threads of danger, deceit, hunger trauma, and treachery the chrysalis is spun. His transformation from an irresponsible dilettante playboy to resolute, civilization altering, leader has begun. The true nature of leadership, and what it requires,becomes clear to Tuller. He understands the injustices it prevents when exercised properly. Precipitated by an unexpected personal contract, the life-craft's temporary crew works to determine how governments accommodate, even foster, injustice. and radical ways to correct civilizations poor resource allocation toward better outcomes for all. .