Amberly's quiet, lonely life as an orphaned 19-year-old stellar researcher on Waypoint Magellan is upended when the spaceship American Spirit arrives, bringing a roguishly mysterious scientist, Dek. Magellan is a deep space outpost eight lightyears from Earth where interstellar ships find welcome harbor on the decades-long journey to the planet Arara. Soon Amberly finds herself caught in the middle of an interplanetary conspiracy - torn between Dek and the handsome, patriotic Marine, North. Amberly must decide what price she is willing to pay to discover the secrets of her late mother and her own guarded heart. Lightyears from help and trapped in the path of a lethal revolution, Amberly must rely on her wits and have faith in those she loves to have any hope of surviving the conflict that threatens the lives of everyone on Waypoint Magellan.