Ava Longwood has always yearned for adventure, so when she''''s offered the chance to join a team of spacefaring pioneers on a mission to colonise a distant world, she eagerly accepts. But her true purpose is far more personal - to track down her father, who was last seen on a mission to this same planet seven years ago. At first, Ava is thrilled, but elation soon turns to horror when she realises there is more to this world than meets the eye.