Commencement

Ronica McBride possesses The Sting -- Class A psychic powers that guarantee her position as a future leader of the interplanetary Com. Raised in a protected environment, her future seems secure -- until she awakes on a wilderness planet with no memory of how she got there -- and without her Sting. Abandoned among primitives, Ronica is forced to cope for herself for the first time in her life. She finds she must grow to survive, must uncover the realities behind the truths she was taught. Because in this nightmarish new world, every day is a struggle for survival, and the forces that caused her to be banished from the Com are not done with her...