The Meridian Divide
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Twenty-one-year-old Zayre Milna had two years left of a five-year sentence serving onboard the starship Neptune as an engineer. She'd learned how to blend in, how to not disclose too much of her rocky past, and how to tell the difference between the starboard and port side of the engine room.
When an attack on Neptune threatens her life, and the life of her crewmates, Zayre comes out as one of the few survivors. With no little idea of what to do next and how to get back to the Space Alliance headquarter's Zayre must rely on the skills she used as a thief: quick wit and street smarts. But she soon finds herself in a complicated political scheme, caught between two warring alliances and a mysterious "Company".
Zayre must quickly learn who she can trust and discover who was responsible for the destruction of the Neptune. Because space is dangerous without the backing of a ship, especially when the secret of Zayre's birth could unravel the very core of the intergalactic system.
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