Titan Hoppers

Iro is born without a talent, in a fleet of ships that depends on the people who can hop across to a massive space titan and bring back supplies. His sister is one of them. He stays behind, doing the dull work, and has nearly accepted that this is all his life will be.

Then the titan explodes and his sister dies. Grief gives Iro a new resolve: he will take her place, and his lack of talent will not stop him.

The fleet soon meets another titan. It holds powerful monsters, deadly traps and cloaked figures nobody can explain. Iro is the first to spontaneously manifest a new talent.

The discovery sends him to a different ship, where he trains alongside others who are far stronger than he is. He has to work twice as hard just to close the gap.

The science fantasy turns on whether Iro can protect his fleet and learn what the titans hide by breaking the Gates of Power rather than waiting for them to open.