Author Carrie Vaughn brings us the tale of Polly and Charles Newton as they are shipped from Mars Colony One to Earth by their Mother. Their mother has enrolled them into one of the tops schools on Earth, one that will make sure that Polly becomes the starship helm officer and later on Captain that she wants to be. While Charles becomes one of the ruling counsel for Mars Colony One. While at the Academy Polly who has never set foot on Earth in her life is both scared and in aw about the openness of the city that their in the middle of. But just as she and her brother are settling in and getting used to the high gravity of the Earth, events start to happen that tests her courage and strength. During on of these she is locked in a room in a museum park and there she and her brother along with her new friends help one of the other students that had been kidnapped. Carrie brings you into this universe and leaves you wanting more. May be she'll write a sequel to this book and we can find out how the lives of Polly and her brother continue on from the end. I highly recommend this book to all science fiction fans especially if you've read any of the Star Trek: StarFleet Academy books.