Will love set them freeaor seal their fate? In the sixty-seventh century, Trev, a master thief and computer hacker, and Khim, a vat-grown human android, reluctantly share a cell in a floating space prison called Steering Star. Trev is there as part of an arrangement that might finally free him from his father's control. Khim, formerly a combat android, snaps when he is sold into the pleasure trade and murders one of the men who sexually assaults him. At first they are at odds, but despite secrets and their dark pasts, they form a pactafirst to survive the prison, and then to escape it. But independence remains elusive, and falling in love comes with its own challenges. Trev's father, Dante, a powerful underworld figure with sweeping influence throughout the galaxy, maintains control over their lives that seems stronger than any prison security system, and he seeks to keep them apart. Trev and Khim must plan another, more complex escape, and this time make sure they are well beyond the law as well as Dante's reach.

Author Biography

Wendy Rathbone lives with a cat, three dogs and her partner of thirty-six years, Della. She has been writing since the age of twelve. She lives in the high desert of southern California. Male/male romance has been a passion of Wendy's before the signature "m/m" was even invented. She wrote a lot of slash fanfic in various fandoms to assuage that obsession, but moved on to original writing in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror where she is published in many anthologies and magazines. She is an award-winning poet, a graduate from UCSD, and runs her own retail business.