Spacer — J.A. Sutherland

Jon Bartlett's path is clear before him: finish his last year of schooling, then off on the family's ships to learn the intricacies of interstellar trade. But a message of tragedy at home comes for him, and his expected life is flung far out of reach and he's cast into a role he never wanted.

A portion of Spacer was previously published as the short story Wronged, by J.A. Sutherland