She thought nothing could come between herself and her new family. She was wrong.

It has been five years since Starla Dusai’s house place was destroyed by the Alliance, and she’s spent every minute searching for proof that she wasn’t the only survivor.

When she receives a tip that her beloved cousin Mona is alive and well on an astroid train station away in Durga’s Belt, she drops everything to find her. Thrust into a new world of crime cartels and union politics, Starla quickly realizes Mona can be caught up inside a dangerous plot – and that saving her could mean giving up the new family she’s arrive to love.

If it generally does not have them both killed initial.