CAPTAIN JENNIFER HERO is burned out by the stress of leading the war with the Syndos, genetically-altered humans who desire extermination of the Naturals. She leads a small task force from the thirtieth century on a one-way trip to the diversion point. Their goal: to plant a virus that will disrupt the genetic tendency toward sociopathy among the Syndos. Amid an intense attack on their remote South Pacific island base, Jennifer sends her colleagues back 300 years. But she does not go with them, opting instead to travel alone back to 2015 to grieve the loss of the love of her life, the time machine's inventor, and to find herself. After months spent alone on the radioactive atoll of Moruroa, Jennifer is rescued by an amphibious aircraft, piloted by a marine biologist and his crew. History sources she studied for her PhD left out much about twenty-first century culture, causing culture shock and conflicts in her mind. She struggles to hide her superior intellect and nanotech-enhanced abilities, for among these ordinary humans she is as alien as the Syndos are in her native century. Can she find a place for herself to fit in among them? Can she forgive herself for abandoning her team when they needed her leadership most? WARNING: Contains graphic multi-partner sex with M F and F F pairings