Lily Starling and the Storm Riders

The second installment in the Lily Starling series follows Lily as she begins to find a place among the stars, only for a routine rescue mission to become a devastating ambush. When the Storm Riders, a ruthless band of spacefaring raiders, attack and abduct one of Lily's closest friends, the crew of the Salamander is left damaged, shaken, and searching for answers. As Lily pushes to uncover the truth behind the Storm Riders, she comes to believe they are more than ordinary pirates. Their actions are tied to a dangerous cosmic tempest and a fanatical ideology the Union does not fully understand. The search takes Lily and her allies to the edges of known space, where she must rely on uneasy alliances, confront hidden histories, and face the consequences of forces set in motion long before her own journey began. At the center of the conflict is the secretive leader of the Storm Riders, whose plans threaten not only Lily and her crew, but the stability of the galaxy itself.