She was trained to be a hero among the active-duty Scouts. It's all she knows. But will it be enough to finally bring justice and rescue for the Wildings on Chorillan?

The Present Era, Commonwealth Universe. For moons, the Azuli have been warning the Wildling outposts that danger is approaching. Now the outposts have completely vanished, and Scout Captain Ian Feiran can't find any clue as to their whereabouts. He suspects officials in the Chorillan government-or even his wife's wealthy brother and mother-of fueling the rising prejudice and hatred against the Wildings.

But the stakes are ratcheted even higher when his daughter, Kay'li, is at the right age to go through the pain and confusion of Phase...and risk becoming a Wildling. If he leaves Chorillan to save his daughter, everything he and his wife, Miranda, have worked so hard to establish will fail. Hundreds of Wildings might die every generation. What Captain Fieran doesn't count on is the passionate mission of a daughter, who is more like him than either of them could imagine.