The truth was worse than anyone imagined. The Thrakorians were never here to save humanity. Earth was a research mission - a harvest. And now, having taken what they came for, they're leaving. The dying planet and the billions of humans refused sanctuary are simply the cost of doing business. Kyra Millan should be one of the abandoned. Instead, she's hidden aboard the Thrakorian mother ship, smuggled into the stars by Thrayke - her boyfriend, her superior, and the man risking everything to keep her alive. His plan is simple: keep her hidden until they reach Thrakor, then build something real, far from the wreckage of Earth. But King Kronus has always watched Kyra more closely than she realised. And simple has never once been a word that applies to her life.