*A 2019 Rainbow Book List Selection*

An action-packed tale full of romance, royalty, and adventure, inspired by the story of Anastasia. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Cinder, and the cult classic television show Firefly.

Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family.

But D09one of the last remaining illegal Metalshas been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.

Anas desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. But at the last moment, a spoiled Ironblood boy beats Ana to her prize. He has his own reasons for taking the coordinates, and he doesnt care what hell sacrifice to keep them.

When everything goes wrong, she and the Ironblood end up as fugitives on the run.

Now their entire kingdom is after themand the coordinatesand not everyone wants them captured alive.

What they find in a lost corner of the universe will change all their livesand unearth dangerous secrets. But when a darkness from Anas past returns, she must face an impossible choice: does she protect a kingdom that wants her dead or save the Metal boy she loves?