After eighteen years on the starship and with the cataclysmic events of still fresh in her memory, Marie "Ree" Lindbergh has achieved a lifelong dream-to live on Earth. Ree quickly discovers Earth is very different from the old movies she loved to watch on the . She's an unwilling celebrity on the news and snubbed by her new schoolmates. Zac, her old friend and new boyfriend, moves to Australia, leaving Ree in America to deal with her own deeply fractured family. An alarming medical discovery only adds to the tension-and sheds some light on how Ree survived the brutal environment while she was held captive. As Ree begins to realize Earth isn't at all like her dreams, she also finds herself drawn to Jonathan. A newcomer to her school-like Ree herself-Jonathan seems perfect. He's cute, creative, and unlike Zac, devoted to equality between humans and the often-oppressed Bufoanthroids. He's also harboring a life-altering secret. The second installment in L.A. Sees's The Nebula Trilogy, continues to explore Ree Lindbergh's impact on the strained relationship between earthborn humans, Bufoanthroids, and an uncertain future.