Ay-ttho has a shady past which always seems to catch up with her.Hiding from the Republic, she ends up in one of the toughest systems in the galaxy trying to free a youngling from her abusive slave drivers.Things only get worse when she is recognised and transported to a remote prison asteroid.Tori is fed up of Ay-ttho getting them into trouble, having to flee Republic guards and now, on top of it all, having to rescue her from a remote prison asteroid.Together, they return to rescue the youngling but soon find that this is when their troubles really begin.The crew find themselves in a fight for survival as they flee straight into an interplanetary revolution.Inspired by Les Miserables, The Swordsmen of Angetenar is as enjoyable read as a stand-alone as it is as Book 5 of the Mastery of the Stars space opera series.