Nixie Drake is a seventeen year-old interplanetary smuggler whose world crashes down around her. She loses her ship and her crew in the aftermath of a foolhardy decision. She questions the loyalty of her friends and is shattered by their betrayal. Little does she know that she is in the cross-hairs of an old enemy. With her life crumbling and her confidence broken, Nixie discovers the secret of her beginnings and must decide whether she will be a victim, bound to her past or a leader who tenaciously pursues her future. NIXIE’S RISE is the second novel in the MERIDIAN’S SHADOW series by Dan Moore.