Ena and her fellow colonists have just enough time to reach their escape pods before their mothership is lost to them. Per protocol, their AI sets a course for the closest, survivable planet--meaning as compatible to humans physiology as possible--not necessarily ideal. First it drops them in the middle of what appears to be a desert wasteland. And then Ena discovers its already occupied--with winged aliens she has no way to escape once her pod has landed. And she's pretty convinced she doesn't want to get to know them better. Her problem with that is that they want to get to know her a lot better.