After her father's murder Leera is left all alone in an unforgiving city. The corrupt, broken governing system that rules her planet and the United Federation of Free Systems to which it belongs has left her with no hope of ever getting justice for her father. Filled with rage and seeking vengeance against the government that failed her, Leera turns to the only people she knows will help her: The Insurgency, a secretive group of freedom fighters waging a guerrilla war against the Federation on one side of the galaxy and the titanic-corporation Starlight Incorporated on the other. Will she pass their tests and join their ranks, or will she be cast aside by the only hope she has left?