528 pages
English language
Published Dec. 22, 2019 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship, she realizes this dream might be possible—assuming she can repair the ship, navigate flight school, and (perhaps most importantly) persuade the strange machine to help her. Because this ship, uniquely, appears to have a soul.
Entertaining at some level, but perhaps not my kind of story. Even so, over all impressive world building that I think deserves four stars.
