The children of the Stratford were free from the shackles of their adults, but Ceri and her crew had only solved one problem. The biggest one remained—how to deliver their sleeping passengers to the colony planet that awaited them.

This situation weighed on everyone, but no more heavily than it did on Ceri. With no way to repair the Stratford’s navigation system, her dream was lost.

Then, contact.

A ship, the Devant, replies to their emergency beacon. Their chief engineer offers a means to Ceri’s desires, but the Devant’s commander demands a price too steep to pay—total obedience to a new set of adults.

Will Ceri once again bow to adults to give the Stratford’s passengers their dream, or will she become the leader her crew wants her to be and fight?