Tragedy strikes when Captain Terese Beuren’s ship The Manatee is shot down near the defunct mining planet of Terran B in the asteroid belt. Shocked by immediate loss and cruelty, Terese finds herself unexpectedly invaluable to the people enslaved on the planet. Jacob has been there since the beginning and hasn’t given up, even after nine years below ground. Lilly has lost everything, except her determination to escape. Once they realize what Terese is, they bring her into their confidence. She might be their only way off planet, if she survives what their captors have in mind.