Trapped aboard a living spacecraft hidden above her hometown, a teenage outcast must wage a one-girl war against ruthless alien mercenaries to save her best friend before the ship jumps into deep space. A SHIP FULL OF ALIENS TOOK HER BEST FRIEND. THEY SHOULD'VE LEFT HER ON EARTH. Abigail Ashby was raised to be a weapon by a dad convinced the world was on the brink of collapse. Then, inexplicably, he forced her into early retirement-aka high school. These days, Abigail's only battle is defending Harris, her outcast best friend who swears his parents were abducted by aliens. She's secretly sure he's delusional-right up until his bedroom explodes in amethyst light. They wake up aboard the Beast's Burden, an interstellar warship lurking above their town. Its leader, a sadistic warlord, seizes Harris as his prize, while Abigail slips away in the chaos-overlooked, underestimated. Until she kills an alien to survive. Now, hunted through the ship's living corridors, Abigail must decide: retreat into the shadows, or unleash the lethal training she buried to wage a one-girl war and save everything she's ever known. Because Harris isn't just a hostage. He's the trigger for humanity's extinction.