

Complicating matters are Robb, a blue-eyed, olive-skinned noble on his own quest, and Jax, a violet-eyed, silver-haired Solani boy who pilots the pirate ship. Metals aren’t popular since the rebellion most have been infected with the mind-controlling HIVE program that removes their free will. Ana’s best friend-about whom she has secret, more-than-friend feelings-is Di, a Metal: an android. Meanwhile, a ragtag crew of space pirates is community to brown-skinned and burn-scarred Ana. In this version, the family of the Emperor of the Iron Kingdom, including his daughter Ananke Armorov, is known to have been murdered seven years ago in the android rebellion.

In 1918, the 17-year-old daughter of Russia’s last czar was murdered with her family, but rumors persisted for decades that she might have survived in secret. The story of Anastasia, lost princess of Imperial Russia, retold as space opera.
