Aurora Rising - Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman (The Aurora Cycle #1)
Jay and Amie have done it again. They have created another sci-fi that I will love and cherish forever. A none too small feat for someone who rarely likes or reads sci-fi. Aurora Rising follows a group of misfits in the year 2380 on their first space mission. Tyler Jones is the golden boy squad leader, who the night before he is to pick the squad of his dreams inadvertently finds himself rescuing Aurora (Auri) a girl that has been trapped in interdimensional space in a cryo-sleep for 2 centuries and misses the draft and finds himself stuck with the dregs of the academy. Making up the sorry excuse for squad 312 is Scarlett, sarcastic twin sister of Tyler, a sweet talker who is as gorgeous as her brother and has the ex boyfriends to show it. Cat, tomboy pilot who is definitely not in love with her best friend Tyler. Zila a genius sociopath who is a little too trigger happy with her stun gun around her squad mates. Fin, grumpy tech ...