Akima is a survivor. She escaped Earth just as the alien Drej destroyed it. She grew up -- fast -- in one of the drifter colonies that had to become home for the scattered remnants of humanity.

And through it all, she held out hope -- hope in the legend of the Titan, the mysterious starship that held the key to the future of mankind.

It was out there, somewhere beyond the stars. To find it, she would have to learn to pilot a starship. And to do that, she would have to risk everything.

But Akima is determined, whatever the cost. And together with her young friend Abdel, she will abandon the safety of the drifter colony for the perils of a hostile universe.

For the Titan may be out there -- but so are the Drej...