True Caderi — Michelle L. Levigne

Imagine... ...A space Shogun/robber baron named Caderi who takes what he wants and rules through charm and guile as well as fear. ...An invincible race of female pilots who travel the stars by the power of their minds. ...Caderi wants to break their monopoly by breeding his own pilot from their outcasts -- but his daughter is stolen before birth. Now he must find her; and when he does, he must mold her into his image before she discovers the truth of his evil nature... ...But Qinda has a mind--and a conscience--of her own.