Creator's End

Home. Kaishi can see Earth, but between her and her family stand a hostile fleet and Kaishi only has one ship that she doesn't even know how to fly.

Her sole chance at survival depends on a risky attempt to reach Earth's far side, where nobody Kaishi knows has ever been. Landing there means a long journey home, but it's better than dying in space. Except the Earth Kaishi finds when they reach the surface is far different than the one she knows, and learning why the ground is covered in ash ...