In the future, humanity has spread outward, colonizing all the way to the asteroid belt, and mutations have caused a social divide between those who can survive only in freefall, Fallers, and those who need exposure to gravity to survive, Grounders. There are also Floaters, people who have one of each gene, and can survive in freefall or gravity fine. This division has caused resentment and outright war between Earth and the colonies, and the tenative truce established is still unstable...

A summit to establish better relations between Earth and the colonies goes wrong when terrorists kidnap the VIPs' families- including Jamin's son Collis, and the family of Michael, the Skyrider's cousin. It's up to the Skyrider, Michael, and Jamin to get them back safe and alive.

This is more of the same from the first Skyrider book, and not in a bad way. It's a fast-paced read with a tightly-written first-person point of view, a tough female protagonist, and a satisfying amount of twists and character development without being bogged down by trite romance subplots. ( )