Rivalry On A Sky Course — Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Davi Rhii and friends, Yao Brahma and Farien Noa, attend the Borali Military Academy where a fellow cadet starts a rivalry with Davi and challenges him in the Sky Course Star fighter race.

“I found myself thinking of stories that I read during my (misspent) youth, including Heinlein juveniles and the Jason January tales, as well as Star Trek and Star Wars.” -- Redstone SF on “The Worker Prince” series