Warchild
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Warchild is a science fiction novel by Karin Lowachee. It was published by Warner Aspect in 2002. Warchild was a finalist for the 2002 Philip K. Dick Award.
[edit] Plot summary
The story starts when Joslyn Musey's parents die in a vicious pirate attack on his home ship, the merchant Mukudori. Jos, along with many of his friends, are captured by the attackers. Vincenzo Marcus Falcone, an infamous pirate and captain of the "Ghengis Khan", keeps jos as his hostage. Falcone teaches Jos how to "win people over" with manners and cunning, and especially good looks.
The human race, EarthHub, is at war with aliens called the striviirc-na, who are called "strits" by the Hub. When the pirate ship Ghengis Khan docks at Chaos Station, which is located in deep space, the station is suddenly attacked by the strits. Jos is then captured by the strits and is taken to the strit homeworld Aaian-na, where the Warboy Nikolas takes Los under his wing and teaches him the Ka'redan way.
Jos, being told that the only way to end the war is through a treaty with EarthHub's most notorious spacecarrier, the Macedon, becomes a member of the Mac's elite crew.
"But no training will protect Jos in a war where every hope might be a deadly lie, and every friendship might hide a lethal betrayal. And all the while he will face the most grueling trial of his life... becoming his own man."
