Synopsis: Taboo Tech is a science fiction adventure; it begins with Lacie Leigh Collier leaving her school and saying good-bye to her parents, who leave her in her Uncle Sterling's care. However, this family has secrets and is fascinated with discovering caches of ancient technology, most of which is forbidden and protected zealously by the Interstellar Guard. So when her uncle gets impatient--he's supposed to be taking care of Lacie until she comes of age--and takes her with him while on an venture of his own and is pursued by the IG, he sends Lacie on her way, and she must make her way back home, with her own AI, the young Embers. Later, after graduation from the space academy, she meets old friends of her parents, a group of professors, and they take her to The Depot, where a ship is waiting for her, along with a few AIs with an interesting history. She moves on to meet and help aliens, diplomats, and princesses. She also finds a new home, with the help of new friends, and meets the AI who's been abandoned there. but that's after she helps start a school on the planet where The Depot is located. The plan is to protect it. Later she finds she can't return. She needs to find out what the problem is! That's when she meets new friends and with their help and the professors and the AIs sets a trap for the men who've taken over the school. And again, later, Lacie meets more aliens, while her parents are having their own problems. Eventually she and her parents are reunited at Prittie's Place, and she must deal with other problems and finally, she tracks down and rescues her uncle and his ship Fire Seeker--not an easy task--and its AI, Sparkles, the mother of Embers. Fire Seeker must be rebuilt--or actually absorbed into a new ship's shell. Lacie and the professors return to starting their school and planning its future, 'cause who can they trust?