In an effort to save their family, Karana and Morren find themselves a central part of a battle to bring freedom from tyrants and an intergalactic slave trade they accidentally stumble upon. Torn by the decision to leave loved ones behind on a death-ravaged Earth and the disease they are immune to, they accept the help of an alien who they blame for the destruction of everything they knew.
Escaping from one planet to another takes Karana and Morren deeper into the reality that if they want freedom and to ever return home to their family, they have to fight for it.
