Children of Charon is the introductory book to the third cycle in the Star Seeker Universe saga. The Confederate Stellar Systems is a nation torn by war. Our teen protagonists struggle to find sense and meaning in a world of refugees and space trash picking at the bones of civilization. All of this while grappling with changes in their lives and responsibilities standing on the threshold of adulthood - a threshold being forced on them prematurely by the necessities of war.