Letting her escape was their biggest mistake. After barely escaping Kartega with their lives, Sid and her friends find themselves hiding on the Arcturus in an endless loop of counted days. Between fixing the rust bucket of a ship they live in, struggling to contain the numbing magic of the keys implanted in her neck and fighting her growing feelings for the brooding warrior on board—Sid has her days full. As days turn into weeks, Sid grapples with the possibility of returning back to the star, the place she’d like to one day call her home. But how could she ever find her way back without jeopardizing everything they’ve fought so valiantly to achieve? While Sid tumbles through space, the vicious and blood-thirsty queen takes control of Kartega once more. As the domes fall under attack, no one is safe from the queens wrath. With supplies running low and time running out, Sid must decide if she will stay in hiding or risk everything to return to Kartega and save the domes from destruction. What began as a rescue mission becomes a fight for freedom and Sid finds herself, yet again, in the center of an epic battle for control of the star. Unfortunately for Sid, sometimes when you wish to find where you belong, you get exactly what you wish for…