Esmay Suiza and Brun Meager should be friends theyre both bright bravelikeable and adventurous. But true friendship doesnt run any smoother thantrue love. Brun... » 

Esmay Suiza and Brun Meager should be friends theyre both bright bravelikeable and adventurous. But true friendship doesnt run any smoother thantrue love. Brun thinks Esmays a stuckup prig and Esmay thinks Bruns aspoiled rich brat whos making a play for Barin Serrano Esmays first love.So when Brun fails into the hands of a repressive religious militia movementEsmay finds herself in disgrace suspected of conniving at the capture. EvenBarin has turned against her and Bruns powerful family doesnt want Esmayanywhere near the rescue attempt.Meanwhile Brun has to figure out how to survive on a planet where femalecaptives are surgically muted to keep them from contaminating others. Her luckmay have run out but her courage hasnt shes determined to free not onlyherself but other younger captives. This burst of initiative imperils her ownrescue and it will take double her own luck to save her. «