One does not simply walk onto another planet. At least not without the help ofa daughter who has developed unlikely powers, fought an intra-dimensional war,and then arranged for a family relocation to a futuristic clone of Earth.Laura Devlin would gladly have paid any price to have her daughter back, soliving in a techno-paradise with spaceship views is merely an added bonus. Anda dream come true.But Arcadian paradises do not come without complications. Laura’s include aplethora of psychic grandchildren. Interplanetary diplomacy. Her daughter’simmense fame. And KOTIS, the military watchdog that seems to consider Laura’sentire family government property.Forewarned by her daughter’s experiences, Laura had anticipated as manyproblems as she could, and didn’t doubt her ability to cope with the rest. Butshe had not planned on Gidds Selkie, a military officer chipped from flintand not at all the sort of man lifelong geek Laura had ever imagined wouldfind her interesting.Burned in the past, Laura is surprised to find herself tempted. Is this a newstart to go with a new world? Or a mismatch doomed to failure?