This is the second installment in the epic Stardust trilogy, featuring a new pair of inevitably star-crossed lovers on opposite sides of a bloody war. Jubilee Chase and Flynn Cormack were never meant to meet. Lee is the captain of a detachment sent to Avon to pacify the rebellious colonists of a modified planet, but she also has her own reasons to hate the rebels. A rebellious spirit is in Flynn's blood. Planet modification companies make fortunes by recruiting colonists to make inhospitable planets habitable, promising a better life for their children. But they didn't keep their promise on Avon, and decades later Flynn leads a rebellion. Desperate for any advantage in a bloody and unforgiving war, Flynn does the only thing that makes sense when he crosses paths with Lee: he returns to base with her as with a prisoner. But as his fellow rebels decide to execute a girl with nerves of steel and known for making harsh statements, Flynn chooses something that will change him forever. She and Lee escape from the rebel camp together, finding themselves caught between the two sides in this senseless war.