Enginetown, a settlement in the middle of the Martian frontier, often has violent confrontations with the mutant natives. Recently, a raid carried out by the men of the town brought back a plethora of the natives for imprisonment and eventual execution. It's a cause for celebration for most of the town. For one young woman, it's an opportunity...

Young Sara is fed up with the longtime cruelty of her brothers. Seeking reprieve, she goes to the one source of help that is more dangerous than any other—the very natives that the townsfolk held at the center of her town.

Finding a strange kinship with a rare female native who possesses strange and mystical powers, Sara forges a dangerous alliance, and discovers how far she will go to teach her brothers a lesson.