Eighteen-year-old Emma Harper misses her brother. Two years ago, the bad newsтАФMIAтАФkilled a piece of her heart. Her father ignoring her dreams of building spaceships and demanding she become an accountant killed another. Lost and rudderless, Emma drifts through a life she doesnтАЩt want with friends who pretend to care.
When a bizarre event sends her sailing across the universe, sheтАЩll have to decide what matters most to her. Life or death, the universe doesnтАЩt care.
But does Emma?
Lee French is an author, an avid gamer, and active member of the Myth-Weavers online RPG community, where she is known for her fondness for Angry Ninja Squirrels of Doom. She is best known for her young-adult urban fantasy Spirit Knights series, which includes тАЬWar of the Rose Covens,тАЭ part of the USA Today bestselling collection Cursed Lands. She is an active member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Northwest Independent WriterтАЩs Association and a municipal liaison for her NaNoWriMo region.
Gabrielle de Cuir is a Grammy-nominated and Audie Award-winning producer whose narration credits include the voice of Valentine in Orson Scott CardтАЩs Ender novels, Ursula K. Le GuinтАЩs The Tombs of Atuan, and Natalie AngierтАЩs Woman, for which she was awarded AudioFile magazineтАЩs Golden Earphones Award. She lives in Los Angeles where she also directs theatre and presently has several projects in various stages of development for film.