



" gripping story with lots of moving parts and will likely appeal to fans of genre fiction." "'Snow White' gets an upgrade in this clever, surprisingly gritty science-fiction version." With the galaxy's future-and her own-in jeopardy, Essie must choose who to trust in a fiery fight for survival. Lewis weaves the tale of a princess on the run from painful secrets. But soon she realizes that Dane's arrival was far from accidental, and she's pulled into the heart of a war she's risked everything to avoid. When a mysterious young man named Dane crash-lands near her home, Essie agrees to help the pilot repair his ship. Temperatures on the planet Thanda are always sub-zero, and she fills her days with coding and repairs for the seven loyal drones that run the local mines. The king will stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter back-but that's assuming she wants to return at all.Įssie has grown used to being cold. Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to punish her captors.
