From publisher blurb:
The Olonsean Empire has long used the desert world of Refaso as a penal planet. There are many prison camps on the harsh planet where political prisoners and criminals are sent to live out their remaining years. Thankfully for the prisoners these years are usually short. Most prisoners do not live more than a year on this world due to the incredibly harsh conditions of the world as well as the harsh treatment by the Oloneans.
Unfortunately the travelers have been caught by the Olosnean Empire and sent to this world. The trial was short (in length and in evidence offered). The sentence was swift and harsh: Twenty years of hard labor on Refaso. This is virtually a death sentence as less than 1% of the living prisoners on this world have been there more than five years.
In order to live....the prisoners must find a means of escape from this cruel place. There must be a way out......or is there?