Caryn survived an accident on a Colorado road with a school bus and her family's SUV. As the only survivor she received a large settlement which allowed her to attend the Famed Starship Academy. She decided to become a Scoutship Captain. Ten missions after graduation she has become the wealthiest graduate in history. But on the verge of her 30th birthday she is about to begin the greatest, most violent and life-threatening phase of her life. Events will change her physically, mentally, and alter the course of mankind's future forever.