Hotshot pilot Nax Hall has a history of making poor life choices. So it\u2019s not exactly a surprise when he\u2019s kicked out of the elite Ellis Station Academy in less than twenty-four hours.<\/p>\n

But Nax\u2019s one-way trip back to Earth is cut short when a terrorist group attacks the Academy. Nax and three other washouts escape\u2014barely\u2014but they\u2019re also the sole witnesses to the biggest crime in the history of space colonization. And the perfect scapegoats.<\/p>\n

On the run and framed for atrocities they didn\u2019t commit, Nax and his fellow failures execute a dangerous heist to spread the truth about what happened at the Academy.<\/p>\n

They may not be \u201cAcademy material,\u201d and they may not get along, but they\u2019re the only ones left to step up and fight.<\/p>\n

Representation Includes<\/h4>\n

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• Bisexual Pakistani-American male protagonist from a Muslim family (I haven’t seen reviews addressing the protagonist’s own religious beliefs\/practices)<\/li>\n
• Khazistani trans girl in the supporting cast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Content Warnings<\/div>

  trans violence and ableism (recounted and explicitly challenged), anxiety, panic attacks, traumatic accident, death of loved one (recounted), terrorist attack, colonial discourse <\/div>