The Wraith Squadron has survived its first mission, defying those who said that this group of misfits and losers would never survive. Not only did they survive, they destroyed the cunning Admiral Trigit and his flagship "Implacable". Now Wedge Antilles has an even more deadly assignment, to track down the warlord Zsinj and his Star Destroyer, "Iron Fist", before Zsinj can ally himself with the Empire.