LADYBIRD , a novel

Eve-Maria is returning home from exile, but she's not happy to be back. She runs from her family and its messy affairs, and she runs from the cause of its affairs, something terrible she did. All the while she wonders, what does she live for? She fears she will never know, if she can't escape her own guilt and fear.

Lilica is sent far from home, where the last chance to save her dying city rests in her hands. She needs the success, for her parents and for herself. As she pursues knowledge beyond even the brightest of minds, she uncovers a clue about a long-ago species of human, whose genes may hold the cure to save them all.

Two girls are chasing opposite futures, except that they share two qualities; they want to know their place, and their dreams are too much for one person to bear alone.
As they traverse across the satellite B17, the future, synthetic alternate to the dying planet Earth, Eve running from home and Lilica finding her way back, a bond is formed deeper than chance friendship.