If you’re looking for a quick Sci-fi hit, I recommend Jessie Kwak’s entry into her Durga System series Starfall. It’s Godfather meets The Expanse in this book kept me reading past my bedtime, which doesn’t happen often. It’s a well-crafted story that features Starla Dusai, a teenager who finds herself in an Alliance prison after her space station was attacked. As she tries to keep herself from getting labeled an enemy combatant, Willem Jaantzen (her godfather in both the literal and criminal sense) is racing to free her as the situation goes sideways. This story stands on its own with interesting characters and plenty of action, though I got the sense that events set in motion here will get more interesting in later installments.
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