Now that Boss is gone, it's up to Shea and Quinn to keep the peace in the NCS, but with a shortage of supplies, the Orphans making trouble, and Magistrate spreading propaganda about the crew, everything is descending into chaos.The NCSers begin to turn on the very people who are working hardest to keep them safe, and Shea knows something has to be done -and she's the one who must do it! When her family is threatened and Shea has only one way out - compliance - she has to make the hardest decision of her life. Eldridge wants her brains and skills on his side of the fence, and if Shea can put up with being a citizen just long enough, maybe from the other side she can help everyone she's been forced to leave behind.