Beyond the Orion Nebula

The Alidonian System of Worlds is in turmoil. Princess Arianne Alidan runs away from her cousin Prince Narbonne-the leader of a rebellion trying to dethrone her father-setting course for a hidden base located beyond a nebula in an unexplored region of the galaxy. But her fleet gets thrown out of course by a cosmic event. When the fleet comes out of hyperspace badly battered they take refuge in an unknown solar system with a habitable planet The Waterworld. There the illness of her sister Princess Amelie Alidan forces them to set up a base. When Amelie meets Gus Schneider a former air force pilot and falls in love with him Princess Arianne devices a scheme to fortify the remnants of her fleet hoping for a rendezvous with her people and confront Prince Narbonne in a final and decisive battle.