A Red Peace, first in Spencer Ellsworth's Starfire trilogy, is an
action-packed space opera in a universe where the oppressed half-Jorian
crosses have risen up to supplant humanity and dominate the galaxy.
Half-breed human star navigator Jaqi, working the edges of human-settled
space on contract to whoever will hire her, stumbles into possession of
an artifact that the leader of the Rebellion wants desperately enough to
send his personal guard after. An interstellar empire and the fate of
the remnant of humanity hang in the balance.
Spencer Ellsworth has written a classic space opera, with space battles
between giant bugs, sun-size spiders, planets of cyborgs, and a heroine
with enough grit to bring down the galaxy's newest warlord.