Alexis Sparks

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Alexis Sparks finds herself over 200 years in the future, a captive of a child-labor outfit based on Triton, Neptune's largest moon. She and her new companions are forced to dig micro-diamonds within the network of subterranian passages beneath the surface of Neptune. Dangerous animals lurk within these tunnels. Alexis must figure out a way to overthrow the cruuel commander of this facility and escape back to Earth.

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Alexis and her teenage crew are blown through the warps of space and find themselves on the dying planet, Tiv. From there they move to a beautiful and pristine planet, Orisis, where the crew helps defeat an invasion of aliens who intend to colonize and destroy the beautiful planet. Alll the while, Alexis is pursuing the evil Commander Vikus who has started his own intergalactic ring of child slavery.