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Anya had spent years yearning to take a cruise, had come close to going twice when fate got in her way.  And wouldn't you know it?  When she finally decides to ignore all obstacles in her way, aliens invade and decide to fight a battle right over her cruise ship?
 
Anya had been thwarted time and again of her chance to take a cruise. And wouldn't you know it? When she finally defies the fates and sets out, she finds herself in the middle of a battle between two alien species.
 
When Ulrich's squadron clashes with their enemies, the Idids, it endangers the indigenous aliens on the ship below them and he and his men, Nuri and Arik, move in to protect them.
 
Anya isn't convinced she's been saved, though, and not captured--however horrible the octopus-like aliens are.