Dione Quinn is a biology nerd, not a fighter, but when a school research trip goes wrong and the Venatorians attack their ship, she doesn't have much of a choice. In fact, she has even fewer choices when her best friend, Lithia Min, jumps them to a planet outside the Alliance-protected Bubble. They've escaped for now, but they are stranded where no one will find them, and one of her classmates has been injured in the attack. The only thing...