From Thora Wolf (Lisa Loop’s Sci-Fi pseudonym) EMPIRE OF STARS AND OPALS.
DUNE meets PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, with a strong flavor of TOP GUN.
Serral Brook lives in a dangerous world. Raised in an outlaw planetary colony to be a fighter pilot in the endless war with an alien race, survival is her primary concern. Sure, she has an affinity for space fighters and atomic engines, and an allergy to rules, but her people are threatened at every turn. Fighting is all she knows. Then a terrifying encounter with the enemy reveals an unexpected potential future.
Captured and sent to a prison camp, Serral draws the attention of the heir to the alien’s galactic empire. She is expected to be his concubine. But the heir has other plans for her—he secretly wants her to teach him to fly. In their budding romance, Serral sees an opportunity— can she convince her pupil that their interests align, that humans and aliens can coexist? Or will secret political forces—ever hungry for bloodshed—make peace impossible?
