Silver, a brave cadet from the alien ship “Charybdis,” has been chosen for an important mission: to find out whether Earth is suitable for colonization by alien beings. Silver must identify all the flaws and weaknesses of the human species and pass this information to the Founders. From childhood on the ship, she was taught that humans are dangerous, treacherous creatures—ones to keep away from, because “touches lead to agony, and feelings lead to suffering.”
But everything changes when, as a dog nanny, she is warmly welcomed by the family of a single mother with two children. Silver realizes: the Founders have been lying about humans from the very start. Now she has to choose—either stay on Earth and live a human life, or carry out the mission she was born for…