Alana Quick is the best damned sky surgeon in Heliodor City, but repairingstarship engines barely pays the bills. When the desperate crew of a cargovessel stops by her shipyard looking for her spiritually-advanced sister Nova,Alana stows away. Maybe her boldness will land her a long-term gig on the crew.But the Tangled Axon proves to be more than star-watching and plasmacoils. The chief engineer thinks he's a wolf. The pilot fades in and out ofexistence. The captain is all blond hair, boots, and ego... and Alana can't keepher eyes off her. But there's little time for romance: Nova's in danger andsomeone will do anything — even destroying planets — to get theirhands on her!