For sixteen years Olwen has lived on Isis with only Guardian for company. Then comes the news that a spaceship with eighty settlers on board is about to land.

Olwen is torn; she longs for company but she is nervous at the thought of so many strange people. What will they think of her? Will they appreciate her precious planet Isis?

When the settlers do land, Olwen finds herself in for more unpleasant surprises than she had anticipated. She learns to hate, to fear and to love and she discovers more about herself than she could ever have expected.

From the dust jacket