Spencer Ellsworth.
A Red Peace.
Tor. 2017
Starfire: A Red Peace, first in Spencer Ellsworth’s Starfire trilogy,
is an action packed space opera in a universe where the oppressed half-Jorian crosses
have risen up to supplant humanity and dominate the galaxy.
Half-breed star navigator Jaqi, working the edges of human-settled space on contract to whoever will hire her, stumbles into possession of an artifact that the leader of the Resistance wants desperately enough to send his personal guard after. An interstellar empire and the fate of the remnant of humanity hang in the balance.
Spencer Ellsworth has written a classic space opera, with space battles between giant bugs, sun-sized spiders, planets of cyborgs, and a heroine with enough grit to bring down the galaxy's newest warlord.