After a deadly skirmish on a remote planet, mech pilot Robbie "Flyboy" Cassidy is telepathically entangled with his wingmate's killer, Priestess Pilot Alicia Eminescu. Or rather, her surviving clone... Their mutual desire for revenge threatens a fragile galactic peace. There is one solution: single combat, mech vs mech. But Robbie and Alicia are now "synced" to each other's pain...and pleasure.