Problems Mount... When 17-year-old pilot Khiry Okerson crashes on Eldora Prime, ACI beacons still ring in her ears. She might have solved one problem, but she courts more danger than she realizes when she liberates some unexpected hostages on a foreign planet. Will the dragons she releases become her allies? It's more likely they'll join the inhabitants of this unforgiving world to hunt terraformers and the Instigator's dwindling crew. She must find a way off this rock and into the United Society for Peace and Strength's good graces. She's got a capable marksman on her team in the handsome and renown Kor, but Khiry doesn't know how they can escape with the captain's treason on her hands and a political leader's sister in her care-care she can't guarantee.