Caissa's Favor — J. Naomi Ay

A Two Moons of Rehnor novella.

Space Cadet Katie Golden is on her way to the Allied Spaceforce Academy when the spaceplane is boarded by Talasian Pirates. Katie is forced to take evasive action to save her treasured chess pieces, the white queen and black king that were given to her years ago by a strange alien boy. Will Katie's actions doom her career before it even starts? Taking place between Book 1, The Boy who Lit up the Sky and Book 2, My Enemy's Son, join Katie and her friends on their first adventure in the stars.