A spacecraft communications expert must choose between saving her kidnapped daughter or betraying her ship and crew when terrorists force her to sabotage a critical mission of interstellar diplomacy.Dagny Novak, chief communications engineer of the trailblazing spacecraft Breaking Light, had hoped to mend her fractured relationship with her adult daughter Osa. But their day together takes a terrifying turn when Osa disappears, and Dagny receives a chilling call from her kidnappers-a ruthless terrorist group demanding Dagny betray her ship and crew in exchange for her daughter's life.Some mothers send birthday cards to reconnect. Dagny's going to have to save the galaxy.