The daughter of a proud Celtic king is captured and sold to a training school for women gladiators under the patronage of Julius Caesar, circumstances that put her survival in the hands of an enemy who was responsible for her sister's death.

Cora and her friends have escaped the Kindred station and landed at Armstrong -- a supposed safe haven on a small moon -- where they plan to regroup and figure out how to win the Gauntlet, the challenging competition to prove humanity's intelligence and set them free. But Armstrong is no paradise; ruled by a power-hungry sheriff, it's a violent world where the teens are enslaved and put to work in mines. As Nok's due date grows closer, and Mali and...

Delta of Dead River has always kept her back hidden: branded on her skin is a map to a rumored paradise called the Verdant. It's a map many in their wasteland would kill for. When her family is abducted by raiders, Delta sets out to rescue them-- which means trading the location of Verdant. She needs Asher's help to decode the map, but what they find at the Verdant is a long-forgotten secret that will shake the foundation of her entire world. -- adapted...

Cora wakes up in a cage on an alien planet where she meets the Kindred, her mysterious alien captors, and along with other teenager abductees must find a way to escape back to Earth.