Death and destruction. Intrigue and suspense. A colony in ruins, its atmosphere still burning. On the surface, its people are reduced to smouldering piles of bone and ash. Ohnia III, deep inside the Gamma Quadrant, has suffered an atrocity of unfathomable proportions, but why? Who could have carried out such a depraved and brazen assault? After nearly three days of travel at high warp, a Federation Runabout from the starship Santa Fe arrives to find a planet still burning. Soon enough, the mystery takes a twist when a lone survivor paints a startling picture of the brutality she endured, but the worst is yet to come…