Metal Hearts

Julie Calvert is the richest kid in the galaxy, with a life of ease and advancement before her, except one mistake has ripped her from her cozy future, and sent her to the galaxy's outer reach. Now Calvert has something to prove, and a very deep hole out from which she must climb just to come even again.
A caretaker mission becomes something quite different as an ambitious youngster sets out to do whatever it takes. But something ominous is on the horizon, an alien presence of incredible power and potential.
What do you give the kid who has everything? Julie Calvert is about to find out what that thing is in the worst manner possible.