Cut off from everything she knows, Bee must face a terrifying new reality far beyond the edge of civilization. Without the help of Captain Anson or his crew, she'll have to make her own way forward against new enemies and unknown challenges. If she wants to survive, Bee will have to navigate treacherous rivalries, decades-long pirate feuds, and find the secret to a hidden treasure among the stars.

Set after the postwar collapse of an interstellar empire, a young orphan girl embarks on a quest for violent retribution. Six years old when her mother was killed, Buttercup endured an unforgiving adolescence on the streets of her home city. She's scraped by ever since, always searching for the man responsible, knowing one day she'll find him.

Lincoln, a recent graduate of the Orbital Space Command Academy, volunteers for a high-stakes mission on which the future of his orbital society, as well as his future career, depends. Failure is not an option. After his mission is compromised and he barely makes it back alive, he finds himself on the run with the woman that not only stole his heart but also derailed his mission. As they race across a forbidden, dystopian landscape in search of answers, Lincoln faces the disturbing reality that his life is based on a lie and that the world as he knows it is doomed. The only way he can ensure the survival of the human race is by ensuring the survival of the woman who betrayed him and betraying the society that shaped him. Will he save them both or sacrifice the survival of one for the other? #1 in Science Fiction #1 in Thriller Note: this story is marked Mature only to bypass sites that tend to steal stories with a non-mature rating.