Jack McDevitt
Priscilla Hutchins has been through many experiences.,This is the story of her first unforgettable adventureâ€¦, Â , Priscilla â€œHutchâ€ Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: Sheâ€™s completed a nerve-bending qualification flight for a pilotâ€™s license., Â , Her timing is far from optimal, however. Faster-than-light travel has only recently become a reality, and the World Space Authority is still learning how to manage long-range missions safely. To make matters worse, efforts to prepare two planets for colonization are killing off native life-forms, outraging people on Earth., Â , So thereâ€™s not a lot of demand for space pilots. Priscilla thinks her career may be over before it has begun. But her ambition wonâ€™t be denied, and soon she is on the bridge of an interstellar ship, working for the corporation that is responsible for the terraforming., Â , Her working conditions include bomb threats, sabotage, clashes with her employersâ€”and a mission to a world, adrift between the stars, that harbors a life-form unlike anything humanity has ever seen. Ultimately, she will be part of a life-and-death struggle that will test both her capabilities and her character..., Â 
Science Fiction,Fiction,Space,Space Opera,Science Fiction Fantasy,Audiobook,Space,Science Fiction,Aliens
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