When Earth is conquered by the Gadaraz, Vina LaPlace, daughter of a prominent senator, finds herself penniless and alone on Turing Station. Desperate, she initially trades sex to stave off starvation, but when she befriends an exquisite sex-bot she learns that there's far more to becoming a space slut than she ever imagined. Under Ban's guidance, Vina receives an education in inter-universal relations that dwarfs anything she learned at university. But gap years can't last forever. There's a war on and a Gadaraz assassin, Moran, is hunting her. As Vina becomes increasingly entangled in Moran's web, she will need to rely on every trick she's turned in order to make it through to the optional fourteenth step... bringing it all home. Full of engaging characters and wild alien sex, 'Thirteen Steps' is, at its heart, a tale about the importance of self-reliance, personal growth, and confronting personal prejudice. (Alien erotica)