- Kendra
- Williams,
- a
- previously
- unadventurous
- history
- teacher,
- has
- seized
- life
- by
- the
- horns,
- venturing
- into
- the
- stars
- and
- across
- the
- galaxy,
- led
- by
- the
- promise
- of
- eternal
- love
- to
- leave
- Earth
- behind
- and
- move
- to
- the
- distant
- desert
- world
- of
- Danelon
- IV.
- Unfortunately,
- eternity
- turns
- out
- to
- be
- less
- time
- than
- it
- takes
- Kendra
- to
- pass
- through
- customs
- and
- leave
- Danelon's
- spaceport.
Now
- lacking
- any
- love,
- eternal
- or
- otherwise,
- she
- resigns
- herself
- to
- continuing
- in
- her
- teaching
- job
- until
- she
- can
- save
- enough
- money
- to
- buy
- a
- ticket
- back
- home
- to
- Earth
- and
- bring
- the
- whole
- sorry
- adventure
- to
- an
- end.
Fate,
- however,
- has
- other
- ideas,
- fate
- that
- appears
- in
- the
- shape
- of
- the
- devil-may-care
- Aimee
- Westmorland
- –
- aggressively
- Irish
- mech
- pilot,
- desert
- scavenger
- and
- owner
- of
- a
- suspiciously
- well-armed
- wheelchair.
Before
- she
- knows
- what's
- happening,
- Kendra's
- left
- her
- life
- in
- the
- classroom
- behind,
- carried
- away
- by
- Aimee
- for
- a
- wild
- ride
- of
- salvaging
- wrecked
- battlemechs,
- dangerous
- predators,
- sentient
- AIs,
- vicious
- bandits,
- cold-eyed
- corporate
- agents
- and
- life-threatening
- sandstorms.
Jump
- aboard
- and
- hang
- on
- tight
- -
- Aimee's
- started
- rolling,
- and
- once
- she's
- got
- some
- speed
- up
- there's
- no
- stopping her!
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