It follows the adventures of this alien foundling, Acorna, in a space-aged human world. I use the term world loosely, since the setting for this series takes place on multiple worlds, all human-populated.
Found in a escape pod as an infant by three asteroid miners, Acorna is raised on a spaceship and taught the trade by these three gruff men. With her strange looks they stay as far away from humanity as possible since each of their encounters with civilization has people trying to take the alien girl away.
Eventually she grows to realize there is a world beyond the hull of their mining ship and that it is really not all sugar and lightness. One of the worlds they visit and eventually stay on, Kezdet, is full of evil doings. Children used in the thousands as cheap labor, then sold off to pleasure houses til they are killed from overuse or die of disease. Corrupt officials unwilling to change the system due to expense and sheer laziness.
Now, of course Acorna won't let that lie. :)
I first read this book a long, long time ago. Nearly a decade now, but I still love to reread it. Even if you don't want to follow up on the rest of the series (and you probably will), it's a great standalone book that you'll have a hard time putting down.
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