Second Star — Dana Stabenow

"STAR" IS THE LAW

She's tough, aggressive, and packed with true grit but troublemakers are popping up faster than Project Director Esther "Star" Svensdotter can cycle them...

Space pirates. Militaries. Politicians. Saboteurs who won't quit until Star's beloved EllFive--humankind's most ambitious colony--is reduced to an orbiting ring of space junk.

Now, while Star's frontier Fivers are taking on the greedy flatlanders, a new player enters the picture. EllFive receives a strange, unexpected message, and when she finds out what it means, Star goes nova.

Because it means contact...