When family loyalty clashes with interstellar diplomacy, one woman must gamble everything. Dagny Novak, chief communications engineer of Breaking Light, thought a trip to a space station theme park might heal her broken relationship with her adult daughter, Osa. But her worst fear comes true: Osa vanishes. Then the call comes. Osa's been kidnapped by a ruthless terrorist cell. Their demand: Dagny must betray her ship and crew-or lose her daughter forever. Caught between her love for Osa and loyalty to the mission, Dagny has no choice but to move forward with the voyage. But as Breaking Light ventures into uncharted space, the terrorist plot twists darker, and Dagny finds herself at the center of a galactic conspiracy. She races against time to uncover their true motives, all while the safety of an interstellar alliance teeters on the brink. With danger mounting, and secrets from her past surfacing, Dagny faces an impossible question: How far will she go to save her child?