Aurora Burning

Aurora O'Malley, known as Auri, is hunted across the galaxy. Her growing Trigger abilities have drawn the attention of GIA agents and criminal bounty hunters, and they have tied her to a war that has been building for millions of years. Her squad, a group of misfits known as Squad 312, is on the run with her.

Their best lead sits aboard the Hadfield, the abandoned colony ship where Auri once lay in cryo-sleep. If the squad can reach its black box before their enemies do, they may learn what is being done to her and why. Meanwhile Kal's estranged sister arrives commanding a hostile Syldrathi fleet, and she has no affection left for her brother.

This is the second book in a science fiction series, so it picks up with the squad already together. It is a space adventure with a team at its center, and it moves between set pieces: a bank heist, a desperate firefight, and a run at the ship's wreck. Along the way come revelations that overturn what the squad believed about Auri.

The stakes are personal as well as galactic. Each member has to decide how far to go for the others, and for a galaxy that is already heading toward war.