Katreena and her spaceship, the Aurelia, are hired to take a researcher to the numerous colony worlds of the Babylonian Union.
However, a technical problem forces them to interrupt their journey for repairs.
They leave hyperspace in an unexplored solar system and find a blue planet that looks friendly enough to land on and repair the ship - or that's what they think.
But then, without warning, they are fired upon, and the already battered spaceship crashes into the ocean.
Although they manage to escape from their pursuers, the question is who they can turn to for help, as everything they learn after the unfriendly reception does not inspire much confidence.
Fortunately, they seem to have stumbled upon a lost colony of Babylon, which means humans inhabit the planet and they don't stand out.
The technology is unbelievably backward, but it should still be possible to make the necessary repairs and get the urgently needed materials ... if they can find someone who doesn't betray them.
A long and frustrating search begins, and the fear of being discovered is their constant companion.
Their hopes of finding someone who doesn't want to enrich themselves with their advanced technology, but actually wants to help them, are repeatedly dashed, and their confidence in seeing their home again is put to the test, until ...
A note on the book. This is not about big space battles or eternal war. This series is an alternative approach; it's about someone being unexpectedly confronted with aliens desperately looking for help and the chance he gets by being gifted with their technology.
It's a light but exciting read, written from an unusual point of view spiced up with witty remarks and jabs while the hero looks for a way to establish a better world in space than the one he lives in. But even though he has a noble goal for himself and his friends, they all are anything but pushovers.
