Sunsinger (Commonwealth Universe: Age 3, #2)

Vidan was again reaching out to the stars: sadder and wiser...and cautious, unwilling to repeat the mistakes of the ancestors. The Commonwealth was born, reaching out to lost colonies and establishing new ones, rediscovering lost technology and how to navigate the star-ways. Many of the lost colonies not only survived but thrived--and they remembered their abandonment and the harsh centuries of the Downfall....

Orphaned and now evacuated from the only home he's ever known, Bain's dream of becoming a Spacer is suddenly more possible than he ever realized. Aboard a small Free Trader ship with a forceful yet caring and quirky captain, Bain learns the ropes of combat and courage. Battling not only the threat of the human race's biggest enemy, the Mashrami, Bain must battle his own enemy as well--a bully who prefers Bain over a punching bag.

Will he be able to prevail using his innate Spacer genes and all that the captain has taught him, to win the war against his enemies?