Maddie and Cynthia lived peacefully in Paris for six years but are finally located by the authorities. Pursued across northern Europe, they are ultimately forced to leave the planet. Yet both of them yearn for Earth. Earth Station is not the kind of place Maddie wants to live; far from it. And Cynthia knows that life there can be tedious for some and ominous for others. Mother and daughter want to remain together, but both have love interests that are making that a complicated proposition. No one would have guessed what happened next. In the inspiring sequel to the bestseller CHILD OF ANOTHER KIND , Earth is changed forever, but so are Maddie and Cynthia.