Bringing Stella Home by Joe Vasicek

When James got stuck with dockyard duty while Ben and Stella went planetside, he never thought it would be the last time he’d see his older brother and sister. But shortly after they leave, a Hameji battle fleet invades the star system, turning it into a deadly war zone.

As James flees with his father on the family starship, he can only look on as the Hameji reduce the planet to molten slag. But Ben and Stella are not dead. When James learns that they’ve been captured and enslaved, he vows to save them, no matter the cost.

James isn’t a warrior. He’s never killed a man before, and doesn’t know if he could. But if that’s what it takes to save his brother and sister, he’ll become whatever he needs to be—even if there’s no going back.