This is the second book in the Torin trilogy. The trilogy is about the interactions between humans and the inhabitants of the planet Torin. Yalo Harn, the narrator of this book, is a young miner who finds herself sent to a foul place called Itsik where she comes across Tsorl, once a person of importance and now a political prisoner who is left to die. Yalo and Tsorl escape Itsik and encounter the three humans. The main plot is how the three humans meet up with their missing crew member, Scott Gale, who was the focus of their first book.

I enjoyed this book very much. I liked Yalo, the main protagonist. It is nice to have a strong female character who is not 'feisty'. She is intelligent and straight-forward, active throughout the book and reflective as she narrates it. I did worry as I was reading it that she would be found to be of noble stock (as is often the case in SFF stories), but that didn't happen and I was pleased how it ended.

Looking forward to the third part. ( )