by Rebecca Silverman, Feb 16th 2013   GN 1  Barrage GN 1 Astro,
a scrappy young teen from the slums of Industria's capital city,
values nothing more than his family of adopted kids. His life is
hard, but no more so than other trying to eke out a living
during the Warring Planets Period in which he lives...or so he
thinks until he has a chance meeting with Prince Barrage.
Spoiled and selfish, Barrage is running away from his royal
obligations, and when he sees that Astro could be his twin, he
passes over the symbol of his office to the street rat. Now
Astro is, for all intents and purposes, the prince of this war
ravaged planet and it is up to him to save it. Will his love for
his family be an asset, or will it hinder him in his new job?
Astro is a fifteen-year-old living in the squalor that is the
slums of Industria's capital city. Despite his habit of speaking
when perhaps he ought not to, Astro desperately wants to work
(and work hard) in order to support his family – six younger
children whom he took in a