Crispin, A. C. Starbridge. Starbridge No. 1. Ace, 1989.
Crispin is an accomplished storyteller. Best-known for her contributions to the Star Wars series, she has a chance here to escape the straightjacket of prefab characters in a universe that is full of not-so-alien aliens. She said her goal was to create a girl’s coming of age story in an interstellar adventure. Mission accomplished. Sadly, the rest of the series does not follow the heroine through her career.