Jack McDevitt - Starhawk (Academy 7, epub) - j_ray

Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: She's completed
a nerve-bending qualification flight for a pilot's license.

Her timing is far from optimal, however. Faster-than-light travel has only recently
become a reality, and the World Space Authority is still learning how to manage
long-range missions safely. To make matters worse, efforts to prepare two planets for
colonization are killing off native life-forms, outraging people on Earth.

So there's not a lot of demand for space pilots. Priscilla thinks her career may be
over before it has begun. But her ambition won't be denied, and soon she is on the
bridge of an interstellar ship, working for the corporation that is responsible for
the terraforming.

Her working conditions include bomb threats, sabotage, clashes with her employers - and
a mission to a world, adrift between the stars, that harbors a life-form unlike
anything humanity has ever seen. Ultimately, she will be part of a life-and-death
struggle that will test both her capabilities and her character...

Title: Starhawk
Series: Academy: Priscilla Hutchins
Author: Jack McDevitt
Published: November 5, 2013, by Ace
Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction
ISBN-10: 0425260852
ISBN-13: 978-0425260852
Length: 416 pages