Description
Sixteen years ago, rebellion swept the galaxy known as the Belt of Jewels. Every member of the royal family was murdered — down to their youngest child, Princess Anya — and the Union government rose in its place. But Stacia doesn't think much about politics. She spends her days half-wild, rambling through her father's vineyard with her closest friends, Clio and Pol.
That all changes the day a Union ship appears in town, carrying the leader of the Belt himself, the Direktor Eminent. The Direktor claims that Princess Anya is alive, and that Stacia's sleepy village is a den of Empire loyalists, intent on hiding her. When Stacia is identified as the lost princess, her provincial home explodes into a nightmare.
Pol smuggles her away to a hidden escape ship in the chaos, leaving Clio in the hands of the Union. With everything she knows threading away into the stars, Stacia sets her heart on a single mission. She will find and rescue Clio, even with the whole galaxy on her trail.