begin quote  Having known nothing but their very circumscribed lives in Outpost, I wanted to give my teenaged heroines [Loup and Pilar] a chance to experience the world writ large, with exuberance and aplomb. Of course, they're also dreaming about a chance to liberate everyone they left behind, which will prove a dangerous undertaking... but they have a lot of fun along the way. I hope all of you do, too! quote ends