To save a galactic kingdom from revolution, Kindred mind-pairings were created to ensure each and every person would be seen and heard, no matter how rich or poor. Duke Felix Hamdi plans exasperate his noble family to the point that they agree to let him choose his own future and finally meet his Kindred face-to-face. Then the royal family is assassinated, putting Felix next in line for the throne, and accused of the murders. Meeting his Kindred in person for the first time as they steal a spacecraft and flee amid chaos might not be ideal, and neither is crash-landing on the strange backward planet called Earth. But hiding might just be the perfect way to discover the true strength of the Kindred bond and expose a scandal, and a love, that may decide the future of a galaxy.