She's the younger sister, always in the shadow of her older sister, on an alien planet, where her best friends are not even human.

They're always 'the girls', the two only unattached 'maidens' on the planet. And they are expected to just sit there and look pretty, look after the youngsters, and look on as the men make the significant decisions and do the real work.

Her sister's brashness hasn't really helped either. Now she's labeled 'the quiet one', while her sister has 'a voice' on the colonization committee. And the unlikely friends Lennis finds in even less likely places and circumstances, will help her change the course of history for Klandor.