Velocity

When the Cathalin descend on Taraxas Sol expects her father and the other warriors to save the day once again, instead is forced to watch her home explode through the windows of a Cathalin space ship. From there she is moved to a containment planet and from that planet to a "socialization facility" where the Cathalin attempt to remold Taraxan youth into the Cathalin idea of personhood. There Sol meets Kegan, and they come up with a plan.

Kegan is a warrior and he knows he wants freedom and revenge more than anything, so when Sol shares with him her greatest secret, he finds hope. Together they lay the foundation of their escape and use the Cathalin's confidence in their socialization facility to infiltrate the Cathalin military. Everything is going as planned until one day Kegan goes out on a Cathalin mission and never returns.

Sol alone knows the next steps in their mission. Full of secrets, she works with the other Taraxans hidden the Cathalin system to build an army and when escape becomes a matter of life and death they make their move. For the first time since the Cathalin entered her life she heads home, seeking refuge and closure about Kegan.