Seven teens thrust into space. Their families – Dead! Kaori Hetherington didn’t ask for her father to transfer to yet another spaceship, but at least the Victoria had other teens, a proper school, and a small university. She and the other six teens with her never expected to be launched from her new home into a deserted stretch of space. Now they had a choice: stay in their galaxy and hope to find a suitable planet to wait out rescue, or risk the unknown—passage through a wormhole into another universe. The problem was at the edges of the Milky Way no suitable planets existed and rescue was impossible. Their habitation pod, lacking suitable shielding from space debris, wouldn't survive a journey through the Barrens. What would the teens decide: the unknown or almost certain death? This space opera novella is the first in a series of five novellas, the next one due for launch Dec 14.. It contains all the elements you need to have a riveting read: devastation and loss, finding your way, survival, and unexpected twists and turns. Marcy RFC stated, "K J Matthews did just what an author is supposed to do with the first book of a series — gave the reader just enough information to reel them in, but not enough that the reader feels that they have gotten all they needed too from the book." If you enjoy watching shows like Lost In Space, or reading books like The Martian by Andy Weir or Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden, then you will enjoy this series.