In the not-so-distant future, tensions between humanity and the ornos--a genderless race of bird-like aliens--are running high. When the H.S.V. Concord, a ship bearing both the ornos' imperial heir apparent and a group of human peace keepers, disappears in uncharted space, it seems inevitable that the two species will go to war. But, unknown to those in charge, a small group has survived the crash of the Concord. Led by Cora, one of the human survivors, the group must figure out how to get along, and how to get home... before both their worlds, as they know them, come to an end.