A warning about a Cylon staging ground at a distant mining colony sent Samanta and Helena Agathon there with ten thousand Colonial soldiers to strike first. They arrived too late. Everything was already destroyed. Now Praetor Agathon must turn her fleet toward the undefended frontier colonies — unreachable by anyone else — and bring every survivor back to Caprica. Operation Anabasis: outnumbered, deep in enemy territory, no reinforcements, no shelter. Lachesis will pursue. The trip home is a long one.